Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Abundant and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jun-Aug, (Sep-Oct).

Forewing: 14-16mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1919	1953	1926	1886	1961
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014
Number of records	8713	3635	5486	6508	1023
Number of individuals	23668	10223	15835	25409	3138
Unique positions	220	229	330	277	62
Unique locations	211	220	326	281	60
Adult records	8630	3574	5336	6287	1014
Immature records	19	2	0	0	3

For the county, we have a total of 25365 records from 1098 sites. First recorded in 1886.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Well distributed and often common over all five vice-counties except possibly on the higher moorland areas. There are two forms of this moth, one with the typical banded appearance and the other (ab.remutata (Linnaeus)) which lacks these markings. Both occur frequently in the County.

2012 (CHF): Widespread and common across the county. Between 10 and 20% are of the banded form.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65