Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and widely distributed resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: May-Aug.

Forewing: 10mm.

Foodplant: Various grasses.

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	1932	1994	1932
Year last recorded	2010	2010	2010
Number of records	276	32	616
Number of individuals	1228	167	2790
Unique positions	161	9	340
Unique locations	120	6	252
Adult records	255	32	574
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 616 records from 252 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1932.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A common species in Britain, the larva feeding on the stem-bases of grasses (Poaceae). In Dorset, the moth is locally abundant on unimproved grassland on chalky soil, elsewhere frequent, rising to common locally in grassy habitats on neutral and sandy soils.

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