Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Probably abundant, but unknown due vast majority undetermined. Local Record: Grade G See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug Forewing: 12-16mm. Foodplant: Grasses. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1955 | 1982 | 1955 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 4817 | 244 | 10122 |
Number of individuals | 50806 | 3257 | 108126 |
Unique positions | 290 | 30 | 640 |
Unique locations | 219 | 27 | 492 |
Adult records | 4580 | 243 | 9646 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 10122 records from 492 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: An abundant species over much of Britain, the larva feeding on the inner parts of various grass species including cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) and cereal crops. In Dorset, this highly variable moth is common to abundant everywhere and seems to have no ecological preference. The national norm is a single brood in July and August. In Dorset moths have been seen as early as the end of May and as late as the middle of October, suggesting an occasional bivoltine cycle. There are three 'Common Rustics', this one, the Lesser Common Rustic2343.1, and the Remm's Rustic2343.2. There is some debate over whether the latter species is indeed a distinct species or just a hybrid of the other two. All three can only be separated with certainty via dissection.
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