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– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant
– care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required. Confusion Species: Ypsolopha alpella (Short-barred Ochre); Ypsolopha lucella
(Netted Ochre):
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Distribution Map for Ypsolopha sylvella
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↳ 1 from After 2025
↳ 3 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 0 from Before 2020
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Monthly Records By Year: Ypsolopha sylvella
Monthly Counts By Year: Ypsolopha sylvella
Recordings By Year: Ypsolopha sylvella
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Ypsolopha sylvella
AGR: 0% | Total % Change: 0%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Ypsolopha sylvella
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Ypsolopha sylvella
Ypsolopha sylvella
Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Ypsolopha sylvella – 4 records available
Listed by Year - descending
| Taxon | Site Name | Tetrad | Year | Date | Count | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ypsolopha sylvella | Inkersall garden | SK47G | 2025 | 11/04/2025 | 1 | adult |
| Ypsolopha sylvella | Allestree, Derby | SK33P | 2023 | 26/09/2023 | 1 | adult |
| Ypsolopha sylvella | Woodland Ave | SK43R | 2023 | 21/07/2023 | 1 | adult |
| Ypsolopha sylvella | Glossop, Hague Street, Hay meadow | SK09G | 2022 | 22/09/2022 | 1 | adult |