Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and thinly distributed resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jun-Aug.

Forewing: 14-18mm.

Foodplant: Birches, Alder, Hazel and Oaks.

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	1962	1984	1962
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011
Number of records	517	26	1086
Number of individuals	949	34	1966
Unique positions	139	10	298
Unique locations	108	9	234
Adult records	470	26	992
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 1086 records from 234 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1962.

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Species Account

Similar species: 1656 Tetheella fluctuosa (Satin Lutestring).

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the larva feeding on birch (Betula spp.), and less frequently on oak (Quercus spp.) and alder (Alnus spp.). In Dorset, the moth tends to be most common in oak and birch woodland, particularly in old woods such as Piddles Wood, Oakers Wood and Holt Forest. It also occurs at low density amongst birch scrub on heathland. Away from these habitats the moth turns up only very occasionally as singletons.

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