ABH: 49.296

Status:  Unknown

Distribution/Abundance:  Rare - no modern records

Primary Habitat:  Limestone grassland

Wingspan:  17mm

Flight Period:  June - September

Observations:  Larvae feed on wild Roses, particularly Burnet Rose. The paucity of modern records perhaps mirrors the decline of the preferred larval pabulum. Burnet Rose seems to be very rare in VC32, limited according to Gent and Wilson (2012) to a handful of sites, inlcuding Mantles Heath, Wicksteed Park Lake, Cranford Quarry & Harrington Airfield. Adults are said to be easily disturbed from foliage by day, fly in the late afternoons, and readily come to light.

Confusion Species:  N. trimaculana, N. rosaecolana, N. roborana

L.O.N.:  N/A

First Record:  1941, KDNHS