Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Uncommon and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: Two generations, May-Jun, Jul-Aug. Forewing: 18-25mm. Foodplant: Aspen, poplars and willows. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1904 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 |
Number of records | 760 | 422 | 415 | 593 | 114 |
Number of individuals | 733 | 419 | 510 | 1013 | 201 |
Unique positions | 120 | 112 | 106 | 131 | 18 |
Unique locations | 120 | 108 | 101 | 133 | 16 |
Adult records | 740 | 410 | 399 | 562 | 112 |
Immature records | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 2304 records from 478 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Formerly rather local in Yorkshire but now being quite widely recorded in vice-counties 61 to 64. There is only a single VC65 record.
2012 (CHF): Widespread across the county but much less common in the west. Numbers have increased a little recently. Two distinct broods, the second being a little smaller.
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