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 2 See here for explanation

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

Forewing: 12-13mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1904	1930	1960	1883	1961
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2015
Number of records	2308	423	1029	1312	560
Number of individuals	3769	576	1806	2891	1586
Unique positions	149	58	150	128	14
Unique locations	149	58	138	129	14
Adult records	2267	405	979	1211	557
Immature records	12	1	0	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 5632 records from 488 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Fairly widely recorded and sometimes common in all five vice-counties. There seem to be certain inconsistencies in the distribution of this species, for instance it is recorded widely (though not very commonly) in VC61, where there is mostly quite low land, but in Wharfedale, VC64, it is apparently restricted to the moors.

2012 (CHF): Widely distributed across the county especially in VC63 where it is commoner than Red Twin-spot Carpet. Beware of the red-banded form which can look rather like Red Twin-spot Carpet, though this is an uncommon form in Yorkshire. Do not rely on the presence or absence of the notch on the inner edge of the medial fascia to separate these two species as this is not reliable.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65