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B&F: 2245 ABH: 73.068 Status: Resident. Distribution and Abundance: Common. Primary Habitat: Woodland. Flight Period: Single brooded in September and October. Observations: The melanic form ab. capucina represented forty per cent of the total catch of ninety three moths taken in the Fineshade Rothamsted light trap in the 1990’s. More extreme black forms of ab. capucina occur, but are rare. An analysis of the past ten years catches from the Pitsford Water static light traps show this species to vary in abundance as follows: - 1999 - 31, 2000 - 26, 2001 - 4, 2002 - 2, 2003 - 4, 2004 - 6, 2005 - 17, 2006 - 26, 2007 - 14, and 2008 - 16. L.O.N.: 1907. Many localities. Common. At light, sugar and ivy. First Record: 1863, Smith. |
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