Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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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 | |
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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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