Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Abundant and widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Mar-May. Forewing: 15-17mm. Foodplant: Herbaceous plants, bushes and trees. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1806 | 1930 | 1883 | 1883 | 1969 |
Year last recorded | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 |
Number of records | 9579 | 3979 | 3746 | 7174 | 1575 |
Number of individuals | 58217 | 20803 | 12277 | 49799 | 10483 |
Unique positions | 159 | 168 | 193 | 245 | 53 |
Unique locations | 156 | 157 | 192 | 263 | 55 |
Adult records | 9520 | 3937 | 3644 | 6780 | 1561 |
Immature records | 25 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 26053 records from 823 sites. First recorded in 1806.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Very common throughout all five vice-counties. It is the most common of this group of moths and recorded from every type of habitat.
2012 (CHF): Extremely common and recorded in large numbers all across the county in a variety of habitats in the spring. Sometimes less common in woodland than some of its relatives. This moth has a longer flight period than the other Orthosia species and can occasionally appear before the year end. This was most noticeable in 2011 with a remarkable series of records from Hutton Conyers and Sharow from 13th October onwards.
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