Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Abundant and widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jun-Sep. Forewing: 16-21mm. Foodplant: Herbaceous plants. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1926 | 1958 | 1846 | 1940 | 1940 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 11780 | 3666 | 4203 | 4863 | 893 |
Number of individuals | 66830 | 21419 | 18725 | 29305 | 4968 |
Unique positions | 208 | 202 | 285 | 286 | 67 |
Unique locations | 205 | 196 | 275 | 290 | 65 |
Adult records | 11715 | 3604 | 4054 | 4683 | 878 |
Immature records | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
For the county, we have a total of 25405 records from 1031 sites. First recorded in 1846.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded from all five vice-counties in all habitat types and often frequent to common. In VC61 larvae have often been found on great hairy willow-herb in autumn and on small hawthorn bushes and other scrub in spring, but have also been found on nettle among other plants (PQW pers. comm.).
2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across all of the county with no recent changes in range or numbers.
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