Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Local Local Status: Rare and very local resident. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Forewing: 4mm. Foodplant: Hornbeam. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC63 | VC64 | |
---|---|---|---|
Year first recorded | 2006 | 1989 | 2009 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2009 |
Number of records | 3 | 11 | 1 |
Number of individuals | 6 | 13 | 0 |
Unique positions | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Unique locations | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Adult records | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Immature records | 3 | 10 | 1 |
For the county, we have a total of 15 records from 13 sites. First recorded in 1989.
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Species Account
Most records are of leaf mines.
Argus 60, 2010: Mines of these moths have recently been found more widely; it is limited by the presence of its foodplant.
VC64. Hollybank Wood, Ripley, mines on hornbeam 8.10.2009, moth reared (CHF). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
Argus 69, 2013: Since 2001 has been recorded very thinly in the south of the county, the VC62 record represents a northward expansion.
VC62. Fishpond Plantation, Middlesborough, mines on hornbeam 17.10.2013 (CHF, RWo). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
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