Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: RDB1

Local Status: Very rare migrant/wanderer

Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, Apr and Aug.

Forewing: 17-18mm.

Foodplant: Sallows and poplars spp.

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:

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Year first recorded
Year last recorded
Number of records
Number of individuals
Unique positions
Unique locations
Adult records
Immature records

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A transitory resident, surviving at Dungeness since 1979 and occurring in south-east Kent prior to 1912, the larva feeds on sallow and willow (Salix spp.) and poplar (Populus spp.). In Dorset, the species has been recorded on two occasions. As for the 1909 record, "No explanation of this record occurs to me." (WPC). The Studland individual was trapped beneath a grove of white poplar (Populus alba), and close to woodland containing many aspen (Populus tremula) trees. The status of the species in Dorset is that of a rare immigrant and transitory resident: Canford Cliffs, ova on sallow on 14 May 1909, moths bred (A Hedges; Ent Gaz 12:252), Studland, at MV light on 29 July 2003 (Ms A Peters). The Scarce Chocolate-tip occurs throughout mainland Europe apart from Iberia, Holland and Norway.

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