Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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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 | |
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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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