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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Local

Local Status: Uncommon and restricted resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: Late May-Jun.

Forewing: 17-20mm.

Foodplant: Oak and Birch.

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	1953	1988	1953
Year last recorded	2011	2009	2011
Number of records	132	14	292
Number of individuals	205	16	442
Unique positions	45	6	102
Unique locations	29	5	68
Adult records	128	13	282
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 292 records from 68 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1953.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A local species restricted to southern England and Wales, the larva feeding on oak (Quercus spp.), birch (Betula spp.) and occasionally lime (Tilia spp.). In Dorset, the moth is local, at low density, and primarily associated with mature birch and oak woodland.

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