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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Uncommon and thinly distributed resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Feb-Apr.

Forewing: 17-27mm.

Foodplant: Broadleaved trees.

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	1984	1955
Year last recorded	2011	2011	2011
Number of records	936	186	2244
Number of individuals	3086	720	7612
Unique positions	148	8	312
Unique locations	113	8	242
Adult records	888	186	2148
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 2244 records from 242 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A common species in England and Wales, more local elsewhere, the larva feeding on oak (Quercus spp.), elm (Ulmus spp.), hazel (Corylus avellana), aspen (Populus tremula), alder (Alnus spp.) and a variety of other deciduous tree species. In Dorset, the moth is common in mature oak woodland and frequent in deciduous woods generally. The moth is occasionally recorded in open country.

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