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: One generation, Mar-May.

Forewing: 15-17mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants, bushes and 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	1955	2007	1970	1955
Year last recorded	2011	2010	2011	2011
Number of records	6739	2	715	14912
Number of individuals	52138	13	4425	113152
Unique positions	305	2	14	642
Unique locations	228	2	15	490
Adult records	6334	2	715	14102
Immature records	6	0	0	12

For the region, we have a total of 14912 records from 490 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the polyphagous larva preferring deciduous trees and shrubs. In Dorset, the moth is ubiquitous and common to abundant, with a prolonged flight period between mid-February and mid-June. The following individuals were recorded at light traps on rather early dates: Puddletown, on 25 December 2002 (H Wood Homer), Ashington, on 31 December 1988 (J Fradgley).

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