Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Common and widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation Flight time: Two generations, Apr-Jun, Jul-Aug. Forewing: 12-13mm. Foodplant: Herbaceous plants. |
Record breakdown:
VC9 | VC5 | VC11 | Region | |
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Year first recorded | 1905 | 2007 | 1983 | 1905 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2007 | 2011 | 2011 |
Number of records | 2333 | 1 | 47 | 4762 |
Number of individuals | 5162 | 1 | 52 | 10430 |
Unique positions | 283 | 1 | 10 | 588 |
Unique locations | 209 | 1 | 9 | 438 |
Adult records | 2109 | 1 | 46 | 4312 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the region, we have a total of 4762 records from 438 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.
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Species Account
Similar species: 1725 Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet).
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A common species in Britain, the larva feeding on lady's bedstraw (Galium verum), goosegrass (Galium aparine), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare) and other herbaceous low-growing plants. In Dorset, the moth is common to abundant on chalky soils. It is recorded in marsh and river habitat where it is possibly associated with common marsh-bedstraw (Galium palustre) and fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum); also on clay soils and in nutrient-rich arable land where goosegrass and knotgrass abound, respectively. It is least frequent on open heathland.
Hill, L., 2013:
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