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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Feb-Apr.

Forewing: 16-19mm.

Foodplant: Oaks, Hawthorn, Blackthorn.

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	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1955	1985	1955
Year last recorded	2011	2011	2011
Number of records	837	110	1894
Number of individuals	2420	181	5202
Unique positions	126	10	272
Unique locations	105	10	230
Adult records	777	109	1772
Immature records	3	0	6

For the region, we have a total of 1894 records from 230 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A common species in England and Wales, less common in Scotland, the larva feeding on many deciduous tree and shrub species, including oak (Quercus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). The female is wingless. In Dorset, the moth is one of the first species to emerge in the year. It is common in deciduous woods and amongst scrub, but absent from open coastal areas, for example, Portland. Singletons are occasionally noted elsewhere.

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