Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Uncommon and thinly distributed or restricted resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug Forewing: 14-17mm. Foodplant: Herbaceous plants. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | 1991 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 1907 | 424 | 556 | 558 | 185 |
Number of individuals | 4409 | 713 | 899 | 958 | 370 |
Unique positions | 103 | 76 | 115 | 118 | 24 |
Unique locations | 113 | 72 | 116 | 119 | 22 |
Adult records | 1879 | 417 | 529 | 528 | 184 |
Immature records | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 3630 records from 442 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Previously restricted to Spurn (VC61) for many years (YNU, 1970), the warm weather of the mid 1970s seemed to initiate a range increase. Not recorded from VC65 (though there is a record which might be in VC65 shown in 10km square SD69 on map 112 in MBGBI 9).
Argus 47, 2001-04:
VC65. High Batts, 10.8.1991 (JCW, SPW). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
2012 (CHF): This species can now be found all over the county in a variety of habitats. Numbers are stable.
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