Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Local

Local Status: Scarce and very local resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jun-Jul.

Forewing: 9-11m.

Foodplant: Unknown.

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	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1889	1983	1889
Year last recorded	2011	2011	2011
Number of records	480	94	1148
Number of individuals	734	138	1744
Unique positions	119	11	260
Unique locations	101	11	224
Adult records	461	94	1110
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 1148 records from 224 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1889.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A single-brooded species confined to England where it is locally common in the south becoming scarcer further north, the polyphagous larva feeding on fallen withered or dry leaves, and on mosses. In Dorset, the moth is most frequently recorded at house windows being attracted to relatively low wattage neon or actinic light. In the absence of light trap records, information relating to this species is scant and the status of the moth is unclear. The number of Dwarf Cream Waves trapped at Arne Wood comprises sixty per cent of the Dorset total; this locality is situated in mature oak and birch woodland on sandy soil. A small partial second brood has become apparent in recent years in the late summer, and, for the first time, May records too.

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