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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Very common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Mar-May.

Forewing: 16-20mm.

Foodplant: Broadleaved trees. Oak, Birches, sallows etc.

IMPORTANT - Please note that the maps and accounts are provisional, subject to change and further update. The whole dataset still needs to go through the final verification process and it is likely that a very small number of records will not satisfy the present requirements and there are other records that have not been formally submitted. The information is for guidance only.

Record breakdown:

	VC9	VC5	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1955	2007	1984	1955
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011	2011
Number of records	2654	1	368	6046
Number of individuals	10883	1	2073	25914
Unique positions	213	1	15	458
Unique locations	165	1	15	362
Adult records	2469	1	362	5664
Immature records	3	0	2	10

For the region, we have a total of 6046 records from 362 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the larva feeding on oak (Quercus spp.), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), sallow (SalixUlmus spp.) and other deciduous tree species. In Dorset, the moth is locally abundant in deciduous woodland, but becomes scarce in open tree-less habitat, for example, there are no records from Portland.

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