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Summary Data

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National Status: RDBK

Local Status: Very rare and very local resident.

Local Record: Grade 4   See here for explanation

Flight time: -

Forewing: -

Foodplant: -

Regional breakdown:

 VC63
Year first recorded2010
Year last recorded2012
Number of records6
Number of individuals6
Unique positions6
Unique locations6
Adult records6
Immature records0

For the county, we have a total of 6 records from 6 sites. First recorded in 2010.
 

Photos

2165 Small Ranunculus 01
© Dave Shenton

Species Account

Current status (CHF, 2011): NEW COUNTY RECORD - Rotherham (9.6.2010) and Sprotbrough (24.7.2010). Formerly a resident in the south-east, this species was last reported in 1939 but reappeared as a breeding species in 1997 in Kent. Since then there has been a spectacular spread; the moth appearing in south Wales, the south Midlands and then Merseyside in 2006. Further spread is likely to occur but may be limited by its foodplant, prickly lettuce Lactuca serriola which is uncommon north of central Yorkshire.
 

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