Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jun-Jul.

Forewing: M 16-18mm. F 14-16mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.

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	1955	1986	1955
Year last recorded	2011	2011	2011
Number of records	1014	91	2210
Number of individuals	2154	152	4612
Unique positions	184	13	394
Unique locations	141	12	306
Adult records	967	89	2112
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 2210 records from 306 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A species occurring throughout Britain, the polyphagous larva feeding nocturnally on various herbaceous plants. In Dorset, the moth ranges from locally common in deciduous woodland, to rare in tree-less habitat; it seems to have no geological preference.

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