Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Uncommon and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, May-Jul.

Forewing: 10-12mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.

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	VC5	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1953	2007	1983	1953
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011	2011
Number of records	604	1	62	1334
Number of individuals	898	4	66	1936
Unique positions	184	1	8	386
Unique locations	132	1	9	284
Adult records	534	1	62	1194
Immature records	1	0	0	2

For the region, we have a total of 1334 records from 284 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1953.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: Common across much of Britain, apart from northern Scotland, the larva feeding on the flowers and leaves of a wide range of plants. In Dorset, the moth occurs in most deciduous habitats and it is often common.

Similar species is: Larch Pug¹⁸⁵⁶. Diagnostics include: smaller discal spot; less sharply angled post-median line where it curves around the discal spot.

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