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 adult, 2 leaf-mine See here for explanation

Flight time: Several (?) generations, May-Sep.

Forewing: 4mm.

Foodplant: Honeysuckle and sometimes Snowberry.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1983	1859	1883	1977	1883
Year last recorded	2013	2011	2014	2010	1883
Number of records	3	4	26	6	1
Number of individuals	21	0	20	2	0
Unique positions	3	4	18	6	1
Unique locations	3	4	18	6	1
Adult records	2	3	17	3	1
Immature records	1	1	9	3	0

For the county, we have a total of 40 records from 32 sites. First recorded in 1859.

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Species Account

Many records are of leaf lines.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: A scarce moth with only three records. The statement by Porritt (1907) 'Probably common wherever honeysuckle grows well' cannot be substantiated.

Beaumont, 2002: Regarded as scarce in 1989 and still local but with further records from the south of VC63.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65