Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Abundant and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two or three generations,, Apr-Oct.

Forewing: 14-21mm.

Foodplant: Blackthorn, Hawthorns, Plum and Bullace.

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	1970	1905
Year last recorded	2011	2008	2011	2011
Number of records	9781	3	404	20376
Number of individuals	28614	28	590	58464
Unique positions	529	2	35	1132
Unique locations	352	1	30	766
Adult records	8667	3	401	18142
Immature records	4	0	0	8

For the region, we have a total of 20376 records from 766 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A common species in Britain, the larva feeding on blackthorn (Prunus spp.), hawthorn (Crateagus spp.), rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) and many other deciduous shrubs and trees. In Dorset, the moth is widespread and common away from open heathland, and abundant in blackthorn localities. Two brood cycles are suspected, comprising a univoltine cycle peaking at the start of July, and a bivoltine cycle with peaks in mid-May and the end of August - the second peak is more than twice the size of the first.

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