Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, May-Jun, Jul-Aug.

Forewing: 17-24mm.

Foodplant: Sallows, Willow, Aspen other Poplars

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1904	1883	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2015
Number of records	1229	497	349	884	245
Number of individuals	1100	500	380	1911	399
Unique positions	96	113	120	148	27
Unique locations	95	110	114	152	24
Adult records	1200	476	309	833	233
Immature records	17	0	4	3	3

For the county, we have a total of 3204 records from 495 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: This species now seems more widespread than N. dromedarius Linnaeus in some areas but this may be a reflection of trapping sites and habitat preferences rather than a true change in status. Quite frequently recorded from vice-counties 63 (but much less frequent than dromedarius (HEB) ) and 64, but rather more sparse in the other three.

2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across most of the county and numbers seem to have increased a little. Commonest in woodland with sallows and often coming into gardens.

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Yorkshire Moths
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