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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and widely distributed resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: Late May-mid Aug, very small 2nd generation Sep-Oct.

Forewing: 7-8mm.

Foodplant: Privet spp., Lilac, Honeysuckle, Ivy, apple.

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	1981	1998	1981
Year last recorded	2010	2010	2010
Number of records	224	30	508
Number of individuals	338	46	768
Unique positions	115	6	242
Unique locations	101	6	214
Adult records	221	29	500
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 508 records from 214 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1981.

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