Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Very common and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: Two generations, Jun-Jul, Aug-Sep. Forewing: 4mm. Foodplant: Fruit trees especially Apple, also Hawthorn. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1952 | 1859 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 172 | 88 | 361 | 393 | 130 |
Number of individuals | 373 | 54 | 1273 | 561 | 116 |
Unique positions | 60 | 59 | 156 | 133 | 51 |
Unique locations | 63 | 59 | 161 | 126 | 50 |
Adult records | 119 | 38 | 184 | 270 | 74 |
Immature records | 52 | 48 | 169 | 120 | 55 |
For the county, we have a total of 1144 records from 459 sites. First recorded in 1859.
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Species Account
Many records are of leaf-mines.
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely recorded from all five vice-counties and usually common.
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