Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Local

Local Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jun-Jul.

Forewing: 17-22mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous and woody plants.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1929	1958	1894	1886	1976
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014
Number of records	1112	774	911	1256	113
Number of individuals	1170	1077	1188	2255	165
Unique positions	88	60	127	156	32
Unique locations	90	60	125	164	32
Adult records	1074	758	855	1210	109
Immature records	2	1	8	4	0

For the county, we have a total of 4166 records from 471 sites. First recorded in 1886.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely recorded in all five vice-counties and usually regular in small numbers. This is another species which has adapted well to suburban situations and is often most frequent around towns and villages where it is attracted to flowers in gardens.

2012 (CHF): Widespread across the county in a variety of habitats but commonest in urban areas.

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Yorkshire Moths
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