Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Local Local Status: Uncommon and thinly distributed or restricted resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jun-Aug. Forewing: 10-12mm. Foodplant: Lichens. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1949 | 1883 | 1847 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 59 | 253 | 52 | 1416 | 107 |
Number of individuals | 78 | 566 | 55 | 9693 | 245 |
Unique positions | 11 | 59 | 26 | 170 | 36 |
Unique locations | 13 | 60 | 26 | 164 | 36 |
Adult records | 59 | 246 | 45 | 1384 | 99 |
Immature records | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
For the county, we have a total of 1887 records from 299 sites. First recorded in 1847.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Rather local in Yorkshire, and rare in industrial areas where lichens are scarce. In the high pastures of the Dales the larvae live in dry stone walls, coming out at night to feed on the lichens on the stones.
2012 (CHF): This is very much a moth of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors, especially in calcareous areas. In the south and east of the county it is much more unusual, though there are several records from Spurn. Sometimes it can be numerous eg 424 on 3.7.2009 on the YNU outing to Kettlewell.
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