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Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and thinly distributed resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, Apr-May, Jul-Aug.

Forewing: 17-23mm.

Foodplant: Broadleaved trees. Hazel, birches etc.

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	VC5	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1955	2007	1985	1955
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2009	2011
Number of records	847	1	48	1792
Number of individuals	1740	4	53	3594
Unique positions	164	1	7	344
Unique locations	133	1	6	280
Adult records	781	1	47	1658
Immature records	0	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 1792 records from 280 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.

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Species Account

Similar species: 1918 1918 Selenia lunularia (Lunar Thorn).

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A frequent species in southern Britain, more local elsewhere, the larva feeding on oak (Quercus spp.), ash (Fraxinus spp.), alder (Alnus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), and a variety of other deciduous tree species. In Dorset, the moth is widespread and at low density, being most frequently encountered in deciduous woods but rare in open, treeless habitat. The peak of the second brood is on average, four times larger than that of the first brood.

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