Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Abundant and widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: Jun-Oct. Forewing: 17-24mm Foodplant: Various trees |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC5 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1905 | 2007 | 1970 | 1905 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2008 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 7999 | 2 | 497 | 16996 |
Number of individuals | 20836 | 13 | 997 | 43692 |
Unique positions | 483 | 2 | 41 | 1052 |
Unique locations | 332 | 1 | 35 | 736 |
Adult records | 7102 | 2 | 494 | 15196 |
Immature records | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
For the region, we have a total of 16996 records from 736 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, apart from in the north of Scotland where it is local, the larva feeding on a wide variety of evergreen and deciduous tree and shrub species. In Dorset, the moth is ubiquitous and usually common, sometimes abundant, and least common on open heathland. The caterpillar will eat almost any plant species. The national norm is for a single brood between late June and August with an occasional second brood in September. In Dorset, the prolonged flight period between late May and late October probably comprises two brood cycles; a single brood in mid summer and a double brood with peaks in mid-June and mid-September.
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