Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Uncommon and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jul-Oct.

Forewing: M 12-17mm.

Foodplant: Broadleaved trees and shrubs.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1929	1930	1904	1940	1975
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014
Number of records	308	198	153	421	29
Number of individuals	473	238	137	573	28
Unique positions	99	82	102	157	13
Unique locations	91	79	100	149	13
Adult records	266	157	106	374	27
Immature records	24	12	20	31	1

For the county, we have a total of 1109 records from 432 sites. First recorded in 1904.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded in all five vice-counties. Common at times in rural areas, including moorland, this species has also succeeded better than most at colonising the suburbs and even inner city areas. It has a wide range of foodplants, records in Yorkshire include garden roses, sallow, heather, osier, gooseberry, birch, beech and cranberry.

2012 (CHF): Most often encountered by day but occasionally coming to light. Commonest on the lower ground. Numbers have dropped recently especially in 2011 when there was a big fall to only 22 records.

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