Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Very common and widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: Recorded all year, mainly May-Oct. Forewing: 21-25mm. Foodplant: Herbaceous and woody plants. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC5 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1905 | 2007 | 1973 | 1905 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2007 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 5792 | 1 | 334 | 12254 |
Number of individuals | 16419 | 1 | 1143 | 35126 |
Unique positions | 371 | 1 | 30 | 804 |
Unique locations | 259 | 1 | 24 | 568 |
Adult records | 4955 | 1 | 332 | 10576 |
Immature records | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
For the region, we have a total of 12254 records from 568 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
National distribution: Mothcount.
Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the polyphagous larva feeding on a wide variety of deciduous trees, shrubs and plants. In Dorset, this unmistakable moth has been observed in every month of the year, and is ubiquitous and common to abundant. The moth is evidently double-brooded in the county, but influxes of immigrants originating from abroad where the moth is polyvoltine, tend to mask the indigenous brood cycles. Annual light trap totals vary due to the magnitude of immigration in any given year, and highest nightly counts tend to be from coastal localities between mid-September and mid-October as immigrants swell resident populations.
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