Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Local

Local Status: Scarce and local resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Aug-Sep.

Forewing: 13-17mm.

Foodplant: Wavy Hair-grass and Tufted Hair-grass.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	2010	1900	1877	1945	1927
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2012	2014	2007
Number of records	5	109	39	77	4
Number of individuals	6	186	193	200	2
Unique positions	2	50	13	44	4
Unique locations	2	51	13	42	4
Adult records	5	106	20	74	3
Immature records	0	0	17	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 234 records from 112 sites. First recorded in 1877.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: A mainly northern and western species associated with moorland, or at least, moorland edge. This moth is very local in the centre and east of the country. In Yorkshire it has recently become more frequent.

Argus 50, 2005:
VC64. Headingley, 21.7.2003 (JKB). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

2012 (CHF): We now have records from all five five counties. This moorland moth is found in the western uplands of the county and eastern areas of VC62 extending down into the north of VC61. There have been increasing records in the last few years.

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

Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65