Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Sep-Nov, (Mar-May, after hibernation). Forewing: 14-17mm. Foodplant: Broadleaved trees. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC5 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1936 | 2007 | 1985 | 1936 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2007 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 853 | 1 | 69 | 1846 |
Number of individuals | 1501 | 1 | 93 | 3190 |
Unique positions | 155 | 1 | 14 | 340 |
Unique locations | 124 | 1 | 13 | 276 |
Adult records | 817 | 1 | 69 | 1774 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 1846 records from 276 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1936.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A local species in Britain, the larva feeding on oak (Quercus spp.), birch (Betula spp.) and rowan (Sorbus aucuparia). In Dorset, the moth is common in deciduous woodland containing mature birch and oak. It is also frequent on the coast where evergreen oak (Quercus ilex) is the likely host foodplant, for example at Durlston, Branksome Chine and Highcliffe. Male moths perish before year-end, but females hibernate and then slowly re-appear, mainly during the late spring. The absence of males helps explain the much smaller post-winter population.
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