Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Uncommon and thinly distributed or restricted resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jan-Feb. Forewing: 14-17mm. Foodplant: Blackthorn, Hawthorn. |
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 | 2015 | 2015 |
Number of records | 485 | 248 | 74 | 464 | 155 |
Number of individuals | 459 | 446 | 75 | 2114 | 219 |
Unique positions | 50 | 48 | 36 | 73 | 16 |
Unique locations | 52 | 48 | 37 | 73 | 14 |
Adult records | 476 | 236 | 64 | 423 | 151 |
Immature records | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 1426 records from 224 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: There are thinly scattered records from all five vice-counties but the lack of records is probably due to the flight period of this moth being in January and February when few traps are run regularly. However, the larvae may often be found on hawthorn and blackthorn hedges in April and May.
2012 (CHF): Common across all five vice-counties, probably more than the records suggest as few people trap so early in the year. No apparent changes in numbers or range.
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