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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Uncommon and thinly distributed resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, May-Jun, Jul-Aug.

Forewing: 14-18mm.

Foodplant: Willows.

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	1905	2007	1983	1905
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011	2011
Number of records	876	1	101	1956
Number of individuals	1222	2	182	2812
Unique positions	188	1	17	412
Unique locations	147	1	14	324
Adult records	743	1	99	1686
Immature records	5	0	1	12

For the region, we have a total of 1956 records from 324 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.

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Species Account

Similar species: 1998 Furcula bifida (Poplar Kitten).

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A species found throughout Britain, the larva feeding on sallow and willow (Salix spp.) and poplar (Populus spp.). In Dorset, the moth is widespread and occurs in the same range of habitats as the Puss¹⁹⁹⁵, where it is marginally more common. The national norm is for a double brood in England and a single brood in Scotland. In Dorset, relatively high numbers between the respective brood peaks in late-May and early August suggest an additional univoltine cycle. The peak of the second brood is, on average, six times larger than the peak of the first brood.

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