Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and thinly distributed or restricted resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: May-Jun

Forewing: 3.5-5mm.

Foodplant: Liverworts

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1904	1859	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2013	2014	2014
Number of records	32	27	22	63	13
Number of individuals	492	615	16	309	67
Unique positions	13	16	16	48	7
Unique locations	14	16	16	43	7
Adult records	30	25	20	61	12
Immature records	0	0	0	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 157 records from 96 sites. First recorded in 1859.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded from all five vice-counties, and is locally common to abundant.

2012 (CHF): This species can be difficult to separate from females of Micropterix aruncella but calthella has the base of the forewing entirely purple whereas aruncella has purple only on the costa. M. calthella can often be found in good numbers especially on Caltha and Ranunculus flowers.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65