Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
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National Status: Common Local Status: Very common and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 3 adult, 2 leaf-mine See here for explanation Flight time: Two generations, mid Apr-Jun, and Jul-Aug. Forewing: 5mm. Foodplant: Hawthorn. |
Regional breakdown:
| VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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| Year first recorded | 1950 | 1859 | 1883 | 1972 | 1883 |
| Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Number of records | 250 | 71 | 285 | 211 | 83 |
| Number of individuals | 398 | 8 | 206 | 78 | 6 |
| Unique positions | 56 | 71 | 185 | 180 | 81 |
| Unique locations | 48 | 63 | 182 | 166 | 74 |
| Adult records | 195 | 1 | 61 | 30 | 6 |
| Immature records | 55 | 68 | 205 | 181 | 76 |
For the county, we have a total of 900 records from 533 sites. First recorded in 1859.
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Species Account
Similar species: Other Parornix species, gen. det. recommended to be certain.
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely recorded from all five vice-counties and usually very common.
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