Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Very common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, May-Jun and Jul-Aug.

Forewing: 16-20mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous and woody 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	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1905	1983	1905
Year last recorded	2011	2011	2011
Number of records	2301	166	4934
Number of individuals	3585	202	7574
Unique positions	259	18	554
Unique locations	193	16	418
Adult records	2102	161	4526
Immature records	6	0	12

For the region, we have a total of 4934 records from 418 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the larva is polyphagous. In Dorset, the moth is ubiquitous and at low density, occasionally rising to frequent, particularly in sallow-rich localities. Two brood cycles seem to be established, with a double brood emerging by mid-April and again from mid-July; a single brood emerges from early-June. Warm summers occasionally spawn an additional partial generation from either brood cycle, as evidenced by the following light trap records: West Bexington, on 1 October 1997, 8 November 2004 (R Eden), Puddletown, on 17 October 2003 (H Wood Homer), Iwerne Minster, on 4 October 1959 (H Moore), Shapwick, on 13 October 2003, Gaunts Common, on 11 October 1995, 8 November 1995 (P Davey), Arne, on 9 October 1992, 30 September 1995 (B Pickess), St Ives, on 3 October 1988 (Dr J Clarke).

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