Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Oct-Jan.

Forewing: 13-16mm.

Foodplant: Broadleaved trees.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1929	1953	1846	1886	1967
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2015
Number of records	640	431	758	1462	268
Number of individuals	1052	1022	17509	6197	559
Unique positions	64	41	119	141	23
Unique locations	63	42	121	142	23
Adult records	627	409	695	1397	261
Immature records	2	2	18	23	0

For the county, we have a total of 3559 records from 391 sites. First recorded in 1846.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Found in all five vice-counties. Common in most habitats and often noticed by the light of car headlamps in country lanes.

2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across the county and probably comparatively under-recorded as few people trap in winter.

See background to species accounts. Index of Vernacular names - Search - Random Species

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