Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Local

Local Status: Fairly common and thinly distributed and restricted resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: May-Jun.

Forewing: 21-28mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous 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	1890	1985	1890
Year last recorded	2011	2011	2011
Number of records	589	128	1434
Number of individuals	1450	220	3340
Unique positions	149	14	326
Unique locations	116	11	254
Adult records	559	124	1366
Immature records	5	0	10

For the region, we have a total of 1434 records from 254 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1890.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A local species restricted to southern Britain, the larva feeding on a variety of herbaceous plants. In Dorset, the moth occurs on unimproved grassland along the coast where it is locally common, and inland, very locally in river habitat and ill-drained soils. Inland localities include the River Stour: Milton-on-Stour, Motcombe, Gillingham, Iwerne Minster, Piddles Wood, Shillingstone, Shapwick; the River Piddle: Bere Regis, Bere Stream; the Blackmoor Vale: Holnest, Rooksmoor, Alners Gorse, and Woolland.

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