Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, May-Jun, Jul-Aug.

Forewing: 11-14mm.

Foodplant: Unknown.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1929	1883	1883	1883	1880
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2015
Number of records	602	793	953	2501	266
Number of individuals	674	1061	1257	4117	379
Unique positions	62	121	131	208	47
Unique locations	62	122	130	213	45
Adult records	597	780	928	2414	258
Immature records	0	2	0	1	0

For the county, we have a total of 5115 records from 572 sites. First recorded in 1880.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: There are widely scattered records for all five vice-counties. It would appear to be local in Yorkshire but reasonably regular where it does occur.

Beaumont, 2002: This moth has become much more frequent, particularly in the south of the County, in recent years.

2012 (CHF): Now well distributed across the county. Several hundred records are received each year.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65