Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Local Local Status: Rare and restricted resident. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Jun-Jul. Forewing: 20-26mm. Foodplant: Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Heather, Broom, Birch and Traveller's-joy. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1998 | 1998 |
Year last recorded | 2010 | 2010 |
Number of records | 6 | 12 |
Number of individuals | 9 | 18 |
Unique positions | 6 | 12 |
Unique locations | 5 | 10 |
Adult records | 5 | 10 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 12 records from 10 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1998.
Photos
Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A species restricted to southern Britain, the larva feeding on hawthorn (Crateagus spp.), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.), birch (Betula spp.) and a variety of other deciduous tree and shrub species. In Dorset, this beautiful and highly variable species has always been rare, with a tendency to inhabit localities on geology older than chalk, although there is a single very old record from Bloxworth. Only a handful of examples have been seen in recent years, and all of these have occurred in the north-western quadrant of Dorset.
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