Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Scarce and restricted resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jul-Sep. Forewing: 12-17mm. Foodplant: Grasses, sedges and rushes. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1935 | 1985 | 1935 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 80 | 3 | 166 |
Number of individuals | 124 | 5 | 258 |
Unique positions | 42 | 3 | 90 |
Unique locations | 40 | 3 | 86 |
Adult records | 78 | 3 | 162 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 166 records from 86 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1935.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: Widespread in Britain, occasionally reaching plague proportions on acid uplands, the larva feeding on hard-bladed grasses such as mat-grass (Nardus stricta), purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) and fescues (Festuca spp.). In Dorset, the moth is now seldom recorded. The few records suggest low-density colonies on short-turf chalky soil where sheep's fecscue (Festuca ovina) abounds, and on dry heaths where disturbance has created conditions suitable for fine-leaved sheep's fescue (Festuca filiformis).
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