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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Uncommon and thinly distributed resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, May-Jul.

Forewing: 29-38mm.

Foodplant: Poplars and willows.

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	1931	1984	1931
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011
Number of records	439	40	958
Number of individuals	612	67	1358
Unique positions	111	7	236
Unique locations	100	6	212
Adult records	423	39	924
Immature records	4	1	10

For the region, we have a total of 958 records from 212 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1931.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A species found throughout Britain, the larva feeding on sallow and willow (Salix spp.) and poplar (Populus spp.). In Dorset, the moth is widespread but at low density across the county. The larva shares the same foodplants as those of the Poplar Hawk¹⁹⁸¹ but it is observed far less frequently. The following individuals were trapped on late dates, and suggest a very occasional second brood: West Bexington, at MV on 22 July 1996 and 9 August 1997 (R Eden).

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