Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Common and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jun-Jul. Forewing: 8-10mm. Foodplant: Hawthorns, Blackthorn, Apple, Pear, Plum. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | 1976 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 2600 | 637 | 667 | 902 | 134 |
Number of individuals | 5011 | 987 | 1293 | 2035 | 209 |
Unique positions | 106 | 93 | 105 | 109 | 14 |
Unique locations | 112 | 92 | 105 | 108 | 13 |
Adult records | 2569 | 624 | 630 | 858 | 132 |
Immature records | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 4940 records from 430 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely recorded and sometimes common, especially in the lowlands in the centre and south of the County.
2012 (CHF): Still fairly widespread in lowland Yorkshire with over 200 records most years, but numbers seem to have fallen a little recently.
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