Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Local

Local Status: Local

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Feb-Mar.

Forewing: 15-17mm.

Foodplant: Pedunculate Oak and Sessile Oak.

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	1955	1996	1955
Year last recorded	2011	2011	2011
Number of records	78	29	214
Number of individuals	298	33	662
Unique positions	34	2	72
Unique locations	30	3	66
Adult records	75	29	208
Immature records	1	0	2

For the region, we have a total of 214 records from 66 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A species confined to England, the larva feeding on oak (Quercus spp.), and, occasionally on elm (Ulmus spp.), hazel (Corylus avellana) and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa). The female is wingless. In Dorset the moth is local and colonises old oak woodland; mature oaks in parkland provide additional habitat.

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