Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Abundant and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: Mar-May. Forewing: 13-17mm. Foodplant: Broadleaved trees. Birches, sallows, oaks, Hazel. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1929 | 1939 | 1926 | 1940 | 1976 |
Year last recorded | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 |
Number of records | 5253 | 2416 | 2632 | 4277 | 980 |
Number of individuals | 23202 | 12375 | 17593 | 39056 | 9676 |
Unique positions | 129 | 130 | 179 | 207 | 42 |
Unique locations | 129 | 128 | 175 | 219 | 43 |
Adult records | 5221 | 2385 | 2561 | 3975 | 972 |
Immature records | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 15558 records from 694 sites. First recorded in 1926.
Photos
Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Frequent to common throughout all five vice-counties and a major feature of the spring insect fauna. The larvae feed on a wide variety of trees including hawthorn, ash and oak (PQW pers. comm.).
Beaumont, 2002:
VC63. Elland, 3.12.2000 (Talbot, 2001). An exceptionally early occurrence of a moth that usually flies February to early May.
2012 (CHF): Widespread and common across all of the county and often appearing in huge numbers eg 916 on 9.4.2010 at Ellington Banks. There were more December records in 2004 and 2011.
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