Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Very common and thinly distributed or restricted resident. Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation Flight time: Two generations, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep. Forewing: 4mm. Foodplant: Oak. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1991 | 1859 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 |
Number of records | 24 | 16 | 138 | 24 | 13 |
Number of individuals | 113 | 26 | 52 | 32 | 7 |
Unique positions | 17 | 15 | 94 | 22 | 10 |
Unique locations | 15 | 15 | 98 | 22 | 10 |
Adult records | 14 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 2 |
Immature records | 10 | 9 | 91 | 15 | 9 |
For the county, we have a total of 215 records from 160 sites. First recorded in 1859.
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Species Account
Many of the records are of larvae.
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded throughout all five vice-counties, the most widespread and abundant of the oak-feeding species of Phyllonorycter.
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