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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Sep-Apr.

Forewing: 14-15mm.

Foodplant: Oaks, elms, Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Birch and docks

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	1982	1955
Year last recorded	2011	2011	2011
Number of records	1539	237	3552
Number of individuals	7695	463	16316
Unique positions	179	16	390
Unique locations	125	16	282
Adult records	1485	236	3442
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 3552 records from 282 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.

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Species Account

Similar species: 2259 Dark Chestnut.

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the polyphagous larva feeding nocturnally on various deciduous trees and shrubs. In Dorset, the moth ranges from locally abundant in deciduous woodland to rare in open situations. The adult is usually active during the milder spells in mid-winter.

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