Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Scarce and thinly distributed resident. Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Sep-Nov. Forewing: 15-19mm. Foodplant: Blackthorn, Hawthorns, Plum, Cherry, Crab Apple. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1952 | 1982 | 1952 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2006 | 2011 |
Number of records | 463 | 5 | 936 |
Number of individuals | 1070 | 5 | 2150 |
Unique positions | 30 | 3 | 66 |
Unique locations | 27 | 2 | 58 |
Adult records | 454 | 5 | 918 |
Immature records | 1 | 0 | 2 |
For the region, we have a total of 936 records from 58 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1952.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in England and east Wales, local elsewhere, the larva feeding on plum, blackthorn, cherry (Prunus spp.) and apple (Malus spp.). In Dorset, the moth has a patchy distribution and ranges from largely absent on heathland to locally common on clay and chalky soils where blackthorn is frequent.
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