Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Migrant Local Status: Rare and very local migrant/wanderer. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Aug-Sep, (May-Oct).. Forewing: 33-35mm. Foodplant: Bedstraws, Willowherb. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1847 | 1868 | 1846 | 1958 | 2002 |
Year last recorded | 2009 | 2005 | 1988 | 1958 | 2002 |
Number of records | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Number of individuals | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Unique positions | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
Unique locations | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
Adult records | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 20 records from 18 sites. First recorded in 1846.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: There are two recent records of this rare migrant in Yorkshire. Two previously unmentioned older records have also come to light.
VC61. Rudston, 19.9.1980 (ASE).
VC63. Sheffield: Handsworth, one October 1965, and Bents Green Road, one 1.11.1968 (Harrison & Smellie, 1979); Meltham, Huddersfield, 23.10.1988 (M. Tunmore).
Argus 47, 2001-04:
VC65. Hutton Conyers, 24.10.2002 (CHF). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
2012 (CHF): There have been two more records, Whitby in 2005 and Spurn in 2009.
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