Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Rare and local resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: Recorded Mar-Jul, apparently bivoltine elsewhere.

Forewing: 4mm.

Foodplant: Sallow spp.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	2014	1859	1883	1991	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2012	2011	2013
Number of records	3	12	9	11	5
Number of individuals	4	6	5	8	2
Unique positions	2	12	9	10	5
Unique locations	2	12	9	10	5
Adult records	3	3	2	5	0
Immature records	0	7	5	6	4

For the county, we have a total of 40 records from 38 sites. First recorded in 1859.

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Species Account

Many of the records are of leaf mines. Mines can be confused with Phyllonorycter dubitella and the moths should be bred out to confirm identification.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded sparsely from all five vice-counties but there are few recent records.

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

Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65