Family: Noctuidae

73.244 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

There are 4827 county records of 25503 individuals from 249 different sites. First recorded in 1839.

Individual records comprise of: [25487 Adult] [16 Larval] .

Occurrence by month (Adults)

Jan
4
Feb
102
Mar
9003
Apr
13810
May
2537
Jun
12
Jul
1
Nov
1
Dec
4

Earliest: 16 Jan 2014 - Latest: 28 Dec 2011

Historical Abundance

2020
1145
2019
2582
2018
2083
2017
1943
2016
665
2015
1357
2014
1706
2013
1049
2012
1728
2011
3086

Records (Individuals) by Vice County

VC67
3613 (18462)
VC68
1214 (7041)

Similar Species

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2185 Lead-coloured Drab Orthosia populeti

Status Grade 1

Larval food plants

Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
English Elm Ulmus procera
Hazel Corylus avellana
Midland Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra

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