Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

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
Year first recorded	1806	1930	1883	1883	1969
Year last recorded	2012	2012	2012	2012	2012
Number of records	7901	3536	3128	5952	1365
Number of individuals	47508	19155	10245	42753	9342
Unique positions	145	150	167	213	48
Unique locations	142	142	169	226	50
Adult records	7843	3494	3033	5632	1358
Immature records	24	0	6	2	0

For the county, we have a total of 21882 records from 729 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.

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

Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65