Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: RDB2 Local Status: Very rare migrant/wanderer. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Jul-Aug. Forewing: 14-16mm. Foodplant: Smooth Tare, Tormentil, Honeysuckle and Traveller's-joy. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1995 | 1995 |
Year last recorded | 1995 | 1995 |
Number of records | 1 | 2 |
Number of individuals | 1 | 2 |
Unique positions | 1 | 2 |
Unique locations | 1 | 2 |
Adult records | 1 | 2 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 2 records from 2 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1995.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: Resident in south-east England on coastal undercliffs and woods inland in Sussex and Kent, otherwise a very rare immigrant, the larva feeding mainly on traveller's-joy (Clematis vitalba) and honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum), and to a lesser extent on various herbaceous plants. This single-brooded species is widespread across Europe, colonising woodland. There is one record from Dorset: Arne Wood, on 26 July 1995 (B Pickess). This individual was trapped at light a time of high migrant activity; see also Satin Lutestring1656 trapped at the same time.
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