Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Scarce and local resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, mid-Apr-Jun.

Forewing: 9-11mm

Foodplant: Norway Spruce, Sitka Spruce, Douglas Fir, Lawson's Cypress.

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	VC5	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1992	2007	1987	1987
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011	2011
Number of records	172	1	75	496
Number of individuals	385	5	124	1028
Unique positions	66	1	4	142
Unique locations	50	1	5	112
Adult records	169	1	75	490
Immature records	0	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 496 records from 112 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1987.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A local species in Britain, the larva feeding internally on norway spruce (Picea abies), douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla). In Dorset, the moth is often common in fir plantations where it can readily be flushed out of the lower 'needle-rich' branches during the day.

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