Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Migrant

Local Status: Scarce and local migrant/wanderer.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: Recorded late Jul-Oct.

Forewing: 16-19mm.

Foodplant: Scarlet Geranium and Yellow-rattle. others.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1985	1866	1871	1985	2003
Year last recorded	2014	2006	2006	2006	2014
Number of records	201	35	24	37	26
Number of individuals	305	66	29	52	35
Unique positions	27	13	12	22	3
Unique locations	29	12	14	23	3
Adult records	201	35	24	37	26
Immature records	0	0	0	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 323 records from 81 sites. First recorded in 1866.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Several of these rare immigrants were caught in 1985, previously not recorded since Porritt (1883-86).

Argus 47, 2001-04:
VC65. Hutton Conyers, 14.9.2003 (CHF). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

Argus 52, 2006: A quite unprecedented influx. Before this year there had been 25 Yorkshire records. In 2006 there were 257 records of 405 moths spread widely over all five VCs. One at Otley on 24.6.2006 (AW) gave no warning of what was to come. The influx started in early August with a peak in mid-September and the last of the moths were reported at Haxby (TJC) and Knaresborough (SR) on 28.10.2006.

2012 (CHF): There has been no recurrence of the amazing events of 2006 with none at all recorded in 2007 & 8 and records in single figures in the following years.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65