Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Very common and widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug Forewing: 18-22mm. Foodplant: Broadleaved woody plants. Hawthorn, Blackthorn etc. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC5 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1955 | 2008 | 1970 | 1955 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2008 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 3181 | 1 | 190 | 6744 |
Number of individuals | 5922 | 1 | 298 | 12442 |
Unique positions | 271 | 1 | 18 | 580 |
Unique locations | 211 | 1 | 19 | 462 |
Adult records | 2863 | 1 | 188 | 6104 |
Immature records | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
For the region, we have a total of 6744 records from 462 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A common species in Britain, the larva feeding on a variety of deciduous tree and shrub species. In Dorset, the moth is frequent practically everywhere with no discernible favoured habitat; however, numbers trapped at Swanage and West Bexington are relatively high, and suggests a preference for blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in these sloe-rich localities. The moth becomes scarce in situations where there is a dearth of trees and shrubs. The extreme aberration illustrated was trapped at West Bexington by Roy Eden on 18 July 2002.
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