Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Sep-Oct.

Forewing: 13-16mm.

Foodplant: Sallows and poplars - herbaceous plants.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1883	1883	1883	1883	1880
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014
Number of records	1098	436	338	1001	255
Number of individuals	1561	546	480	2426	476
Unique positions	79	69	95	127	26
Unique locations	83	68	96	133	25
Adult records	1084	421	302	957	244
Immature records	4	0	0	0	1

For the county, we have a total of 3128 records from 405 sites. First recorded in 1880.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widespread and fairly common over all five vice-counties in damp areas where sallow grows. This species seems to be more common than X. icteritia (Hufnagel) in the east of the County. In the centre there is a marginal balance towards icteritia and in the south and west that species is by far the commonest.

2012 (CHF): Widespread across the county and has increased in numbers in the last ten years. Counts of 20 - 40 are not uncommon in woodland with plenty of sallows.

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Yorkshire Moths
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