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: One generation, Jul-Aug Forewing: 17-21mm. Foodplant: Herbaceous plants. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1929 | 1962 | 1847 | 1940 | 1940 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 1113 | 920 | 712 | 2165 | 300 |
Number of individuals | 1196 | 1620 | 1379 | 7176 | 981 |
Unique positions | 81 | 123 | 150 | 246 | 53 |
Unique locations | 77 | 122 | 147 | 244 | 51 |
Adult records | 1091 | 890 | 658 | 2095 | 286 |
Immature records | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 5210 records from 641 sites. First recorded in 1847.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded from most habitat types in all five vice-counties. However it is fairly thinly distributed except near moorland and heathy localities where it may be frequent or common. The lowland VC61 specimens are stated to have a much brighter reddish-brown ground colour than the moorland specimens of VC62 which are more greyish-brown (PQW pers. comm.).
2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across the county, particularly in upland areas where larger numbers are trapped eg 84 at Thruscross on 30.7.2010. Numbers are stable.
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