Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Very common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jun-Aug.

Forewing: 17-19mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1929	1883	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014
Number of records	3263	2020	1159	1930	492
Number of individuals	10587	6165	3378	7331	2314
Unique positions	151	137	170	195	50
Unique locations	148	133	153	199	47
Adult records	3224	2006	1116	1820	485
Immature records	4	0	0	1	2

For the county, we have a total of 8864 records from 680 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Primarily a woodland species, though it is frequent in other places' (PQW). Most commonly recorded in the south of VC63, but still widespread an frequent in the other four vice-counties.

2012 (CHF): Common and widespread in all areas with a significant increase in numbers in the last few years.

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Yorkshire Moths
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