Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Nb Local Status: Uncommon and thinly distributed resident. Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation Flight time: Jun-early Aug. Forewing: 14-17mm. Foodplant: Chickweed spp. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1934 | 2000 | 1934 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2006 | 2011 |
Number of records | 143 | 3 | 292 |
Number of individuals | 188 | 3 | 382 |
Unique positions | 67 | 1 | 136 |
Unique locations | 62 | 1 | 126 |
Adult records | 134 | 3 | 274 |
Immature records | 1 | 0 | 2 |
For the region, we have a total of 292 records from 126 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1934.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A very local species restricted to southern England and Wales, the larva feeding on chickweed and stitchwort (Stellaria spp.). In Dorset, the moth is local, at low density with singletons seen on any given night, and mainly restricted to damp tertiary clay soils on the periphery of the Poole Basin. It occurs most frequently where common chickweed (Stellaria media) grows on heavily fertilised arable, gardens and woodland rides. It is also found sparingly where greater stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) grows on hedgebanks and in woods on sandy soils within the Poole Basin. Localities where the moth recurs include Yellowham Wood, Bere Wood, Sares Wood, Shaggs, Trigon and Gaunts Common.
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