Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Nb Local Status: Very scarce migrant/wanderer. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Jul-Sep. Forewing: 13-16mm. Foodplant: Lichens. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1990 | 1990 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 38 | 76 |
Number of individuals | 58 | 116 |
Unique positions | 17 | 34 |
Unique locations | 14 | 28 |
Adult records | 34 | 68 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 76 records from 28 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1990.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A species confined to the coasts of south-west England and west Wales, the larva feeding on lichens growing on rocks. In Dorset, the moth has been recorded on thirty-three occasions with just under half of these seen during the summer of 2004; all are suspected immigrants. The moth occurs across much of Iberia, north-west Africa, central and eastern Europe.
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