Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Local Local Status: Scarce and thinly distributed or restricted resident. Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug. Forewing: 14-16mm. Foodplant: Aspen, poplars |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1905 | 1988 | 1905 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2008 | 2011 |
Number of records | 110 | 72 | 364 |
Number of individuals | 133 | 129 | 524 |
Unique positions | 62 | 6 | 136 |
Unique locations | 57 | 6 | 126 |
Adult records | 107 | 71 | 356 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 364 records from 126 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A local species in England, Wales and parts of Scotland, the larva feeding on poplar (Populus spp.). In Dorset, the moth is local and at low density as poplar is a rarely planted tree in the county. It is frequent on the Moors River at Hurn where there is a grove of mature black poplar (Populus nigra) trees; half of the county tally has been recorded from this single site.
Dispersal some distance from the poplar is likely to account for the following examples: West Bexington, on 19 August 1998, 3 August, 6 August, 8 August, and 9 August 2000 (R Eden), Portland, on 20 July 1994, 23 July 1995 (M Cade), Puddletown, on 22 July 2000, 29 July 2004 (H Wood Homer), St Albans Head, on 7 August 1992 (P Davey), Shaggs, on 6 August 2002, 4 August 2003 (M Parsons), Trigon Heath, on 18 July 1999 (C Manley, et al), Trigon, on 1 August 2000 (C Manley), Gore Heath, on 12 July 1999 (P Davey), Arne Wood, on 16 July 1987 (B Pickess), Ballard Down, on 4 August 2000 (C Manley).
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