Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
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National Status: Nationally Scarce B Local Status: Rare and very local resident. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Mid Jun-Jul. Forewing: 9-11mm. Foodplant: Mosses and lichens. |
Regional breakdown:
| VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | |
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| Year first recorded | 1882 | 1883 | 1882 |
| Year last recorded | 2012 | 1990 | 2014 |
| Number of records | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Number of individuals | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Unique positions | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Unique locations | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Adult records | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 14 records from 12 sites. First recorded in 1882.
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Species Account
Similar species: 1334 Scoparia ambigualis and 1334a Scoparia basistrigalis.
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Between about 1880 and 1924 was recorded in vice-counties 61 to 64, often said to be common during the 1880s and 1890s but reports mention increasing scarcity after 1905. There have been no further records.
Beaumont, 2002: There has been no County record since 1924 until this moth was re-discovered in the south of vice-county 63 in 1990.
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