Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Abundant and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Aug-Sep. Forewing: 14-18mm. Foodplant: Grasses. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1929 | 1930 | 1883 | 1940 | 1940 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 8200 | 1480 | 1622 | 2163 | 691 |
Number of individuals | 72991 | 3538 | 4625 | 6991 | 2193 |
Unique positions | 144 | 122 | 161 | 160 | 46 |
Unique locations | 149 | 112 | 155 | 165 | 42 |
Adult records | 8159 | 1455 | 1562 | 2092 | 682 |
Immature records | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 14156 records from 623 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely distributed and common on grassy areas in all five vice-counties, including upland areas where it can be one of the commonest moths.
2012 (CHF): Common and widespread in grassy places all over the county. Numbers are stable in most areas. It was extremely common at Spurn in the 1990s when large numbers were trapped eg 550 on 15.8.1991 though it has declined significantly in this area since 2000.
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