Species Account

Select species and region:

Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Local

Local Status: Common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug

Forewing: 18-28mm

Foodplant: Various trees

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	1982	1905
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011	2011
Number of records	1278	1	100	2758
Number of individuals	2617	12	226	5710
Unique positions	230	1	15	492
Unique locations	183	1	13	394
Adult records	1175	1	100	2552
Immature records	1	0	0	2

For the region, we have a total of 2758 records from 394 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.

Photos

Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A species restricted to southern England, the larva feeding on oak (Quercus spp.). In Dorset, the moth is common in oak woods, but scarce otherwise. The national norm is for adults to be on the wing in late July and August; it is likely that the following are second brood individuals: Arne Wood, on 10 October 1985 (B Pickess), Hurn, on 24 September 1998 (M Jeffes). Dispersal from outside the county or immigration from abroad may account for the following light trap records during 2004: Walditch, on 7 August (M Parsons), West Bexington, on 25 July (R Eden), Preston, on 27 July, 28 July (R Lambert).

See background to species accounts. Index of Vernacular names - Search - Random Species