Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Scarce and local resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Sep-Nov.

Forewing: 19-22mm.

Foodplant: Mallows.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1883	1883	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2010	2014	2011	1984
Number of records	321	15	65	23	12
Number of individuals	382	8	47	18	11
Unique positions	40	11	20	13	3
Unique locations	40	11	20	13	3
Adult records	317	12	59	19	12
Immature records	0	2	0	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 436 records from 87 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Now a very local species in Yorkshire. It is dependent on species of mallow which many sources suggest are becoming scarcer, so correspondingly, colonies of the moth are becoming more isolated. However, P.Q. Winter reports mallow to be quite widespread in VC61, although the moth is very rare. This would suggest there are other factors involved in the distribution of this species.

2012 (CHF): This species remains very local in the county and does not seem to stray far from its foodplant.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65