Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Very common and widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One or two generations, May-Sep. Forewing: 15-17mm. Foodplant: Common Nettle. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC5 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1905 | 2007 | 1985 | 1905 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2007 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 4407 | 1 | 285 | 4693 |
Number of individuals | 6368 | 2 | 419 | 6789 |
Unique positions | 330 | 1 | 19 | 350 |
Unique locations | 251 | 1 | 16 | 268 |
Adult records | 3732 | 1 | 284 | 4017 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 4693 records from 268 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.
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Species Account
Similar species: 2449 Abrostola triplasia (Dark Spectacle).
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the larva feeding on nettle (Urtica dioica). In Dorset, the moth is widespread and frequent, but common in areas where improved farmland provides nitrogen-rich soils where nettle plants flourish. The national norm is for a single brood in the north of Britain from late June until mid-July, and a double brood in the south from late May to June and again in August and September. However in Dorset, a univoltine cycle plus a bivoltine cycle is suspected, with a single brood from early June to mid-July, and a double brood from late April to mid-June, and again from August into September.
Hill, L., 2013:
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