Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, May-Jul.

Forewing: 11-14mm.

Foodplant: Aspen, poplars, sallows ad willows.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1929	1883	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2015	2014
Number of records	2515	1154	1279	1782	158
Number of individuals	3993	1875	2545	3853	568
Unique positions	148	206	267	232	32
Unique locations	138	195	264	229	29
Adult records	2478	1108	1191	1725	144
Immature records	9	1	1	0	2

For the county, we have a total of 6888 records from 855 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Previously only locally common, this species has become much more widespread and generally common since the mid 1970s. Now recorded from many sites over all five vice-counties, it is probably present wherever there are sallows.

2012 (CHF): Widespread and often common all across the county. Numbers are stable.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65