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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Very common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jun-Aug.

Forewing: 17-20mm.

Foodplant: Bramble and Dewberry.

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	2008	1983	1905
Year last recorded	2011	2008	2011	2011
Number of records	2631	1	149	5562
Number of individuals	7518	4	657	16358
Unique positions	346	1	28	750
Unique locations	248	1	23	544
Adult records	2326	1	147	4948
Immature records	0	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 5562 records from 544 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A species restricted to England and Wales, the larva feeding on bramble (Rubus fruticosus). In Dorset, the moth is common throughout the county, apart from on Portland where it is infrequent. The moth has a similar distribution to that of the Peach Blossom¹⁶⁵², but based on records received the Buff Arches is fifteen times more common. The following singletons are likely to have been second brood individuals: West Bexington, at MV light on 8 October 1997 (R Eden), Boys Wood, at MV light on 2 October 2003 (P Davey).

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