Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Unknown as majority undetermined. Local Record: Grade G See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug Forewing: 11-16mm. Foodplant: Grasses. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1984 | 1999 | 1984 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2008 | 2011 |
Number of records | 798 | 39 | 1674 |
Number of individuals | 1527 | 45 | 3144 |
Unique positions | 64 | 7 | 142 |
Unique locations | 63 | 7 | 140 |
Adult records | 729 | 39 | 1536 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 1674 records from 140 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1984.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: This species was separated from the Common Rustic2343 about twenty years ago, and as mentioned above, may only be differentiated with certainty by dissection. This has only been done for two specimens trapped on Portland, and therefore the status of the moth across the county is unknown. The species has a similar life cycle, range and diet to its close relative, and is likely to have an equivalent common and ubiquitous status in the county.
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