Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Rare and very local resident. Under-recorded - treated as agg.

Local Record: Grade G See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Sep-Nov.

Forewing: 15-20mm.

Foodplant: Beech, birches, elms, Alder, hazel.

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	Region
Year first recorded	1956	1956
Year last recorded	2011	2011
Number of records	94	188
Number of individuals	170	340
Unique positions	22	44
Unique locations	21	42
Adult records	93	186
Immature records	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 188 records from 42 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1956.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: Widespread and locally common in Britain, the larva feeding on deciduous trees. The shape of the post-median fascia on the forewing forms an obtuse angle where it curves around the discal spot. In Dorset, the moth is likely to be most common in woodland on chalky soils.

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