Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and thinly distributed or restricted resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug

Forewing: 17-20mm.

Foodplant: Grasses.

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	1966	1975	1966
Year last recorded	2011	2011	2011
Number of records	833	101	1868
Number of individuals	1669	250	3838
Unique positions	125	13	276
Unique locations	104	13	234
Adult records	628	101	1458
Immature records	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 1868 records from 234 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1966.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A species restricted to lowland England and coastal districts in Scotland, the larva feeding nocturnally on various grasses. In Dorset, the moth is a denizen of unimproved grassland and ranges from common on chalky soils to locally frequent on neutral or acid soils. Elsewhere it is rare.

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