Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: Mid May-mid Aug.

Forewing: 10-14mm.

Foodplant: Various grasses.

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	1885	1994	1885
Year last recorded	2010	2010	2010
Number of records	554	101	1310
Number of individuals	12956	382	26676
Unique positions	276	23	598
Unique locations	212	18	460
Adult records	503	99	1204
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 1310 records from 460 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1885.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A frequently abundant species across Britain, the larva feeding on the stem-bases of grasses (Poaceae). In Dorset, the moth shares the same range and habitat preferences as Crambus lathoniellus¹³⁰¹, but on chalky soils it is even more abundant. The moth is on the wing over a protracted three-month period.

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