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	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.

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

Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65