Species Account
Distribution
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National Status: Local Local Status: Very rare and very local. No recent record. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Apr-Jun. Forewing: 23-32mm. Foodplant: Pedunculate Oak and Sessile Oak. |
Regional breakdown:
| VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | |
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| Year first recorded | 1897 | 1942 | 1883 | 1883 |
| Year last recorded | 1897 | 1942 | 1883 | 1883 |
| Number of records | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Number of individuals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Unique positions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Unique locations | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Adult records | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Immature records | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 5 records from 4 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: This species has not been recorded in Yorkshire since July 1942, when a larva was found in Buttercrambe Woods (VC62) (YNU, 1970). It is still occasionally taken in Lincolnshire (VC54) (Duddington & Johnson, 1983), and the Sherwood Forest area of Nottinghamshire, VC56 (Bee, 1988).
Current status (CHF, 2011): Last record in 1942, a possible recoloniser. There are populations close to our boundaries in north Lancashire/Cumbria and a little further away in Lincolnshire.
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