Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Sep-Oct. Forewing: 13-16mm. Foodplant: Sallows and poplars - herbaceous plants. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1956 | 1973 | 1956 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 764 | 66 | 1660 |
Number of individuals | 2042 | 197 | 4478 |
Unique positions | 122 | 11 | 266 |
Unique locations | 100 | 10 | 220 |
Adult records | 718 | 66 | 1568 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 1660 records from 220 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1956.
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Species Account
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the larva feeding at first on sallow (Salix spp.) and poplar (Populus spp.) catkins, and later on herbaceous plants. In Dorset, the moth is locally common in damp places such as mire, marsh, river valleys, damp grassland, and damp woods where sallows and/or poplars grow.
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