Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Nationally Scarce A

Local Status: Very rare resident.

Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation

Flight time: May-Jun.

Forewing: 5mm.

Foodplant: Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn.

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	1905	1997	1905
Year last recorded	1993	1997	1997
Number of records	4	1	10
Number of individuals	0	1	2
Unique positions	4	1	10
Unique locations	4	1	10
Adult records	0	1	2
Immature records	1	0	2

For the region, we have a total of 10 records from 10 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.
Some records are of leafmines and larval cases. Refer leafmines.co.uk.

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