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Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Uncommon and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation mid Mar-May.

Forewing: 14-16mm.

Foodplant: Dog-rose other wild rose.

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	1960	2007	1987	1960
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011	2011
Number of records	494	1	17	1024
Number of individuals	663	1	20	1368
Unique positions	122	1	3	252
Unique locations	97	1	4	204
Adult records	461	1	17	958
Immature records	0	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 1024 records from 204 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1960.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A species found over much of southern Britain, but more local further north, the larva feeding on wild rose (Rosa canina). In Dorset, the moth is common in scrub and hedgerow habitat wherever wild rose is to be found. The distribution and frequency is much the same as for the Shoulder-stripe¹⁷⁴⁶, but the Streamer is on the wing about a fortnight later, on average.

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