Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Scarce and thinly distributed or restricted resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, May-Jul.

Forewing: 13-16mm.

Foodplant: Alder.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1904	1883	1883	1883	1880
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014
Number of records	172	96	131	357	33
Number of individuals	206	91	128	560	58
Unique positions	39	52	66	100	11
Unique locations	44	50	66	102	10
Adult records	165	89	106	336	31
Immature records	0	0	1	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 789 records from 272 sites. First recorded in 1880.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: This alder feeder is seldom common. It is recorded from all five vice-counties although it appears to be rather local in VC61.

2012 (CHF): Widespread across the county in small numbers and never far from alders.

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