Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Fairly common and thinly distributed resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: Two generations, May-Jul. Aug-Sep. Forewing: 12-15mm. Foodplant: Red Campion. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1956 | 1988 | 1956 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 355 | 4 | 718 |
Number of individuals | 425 | 4 | 858 |
Unique positions | 105 | 2 | 214 |
Unique locations | 94 | 3 | 194 |
Adult records | 325 | 4 | 658 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 718 records from 194 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1956.
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Species Account
Similar species: 1803 Small Rivulet.
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A species found over much of Britain, but local in northern Scotland, the larva feeding in the flowers and seed capsules of red campion (Silene dioica). In Dorset, the moth is at low density but widespread, frequent in the west and north but becoming scarcer further east, typically occurring on hedgebanks and in woodland where Red Campion abounds.
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