Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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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 | |
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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.
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