Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: May-Jul.

Forewing: 13-16mm.

Foodplant: Thistle spp.

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	1812	1993	1812
Year last recorded	2010	2009	2010
Number of records	476	83	1118
Number of individuals	716	84	1600
Unique positions	202	10	424
Unique locations	169	9	356
Adult records	445	83	1056
Immature records	1	0	2

For the region, we have a total of 1118 records from 356 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1812.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A locally common species in southern England, the larva feeding on burdocks (Arctium spp.), and thistles (Carduus spp. and Cirsium spp.). In Dorset, the moth is widespread and locally common in thistle-rich habitats, especially in unimproved grassland on chalky soil, damp woodland, waste ground and old pasture.

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