Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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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 | |
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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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