B&F: 1648

ABH: 65.005

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Fairly common.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Double brooded from May to August.

Observations: Earlier records of this species from the first half of the last century are exclusively of first brood moths, generally from well-known sites for birch feeders such as, Sywell Wood, Bangrave Wood, Wakerley Wood and Bedford Purlieus. Second brood moths were recorded for the first time in the 1950’s and formed part of the improved catches obtained by m.v. light traps. Although more frequently associated with birch the species occurs commonly amongst the alders at Barford Meadows.

L.O.N.: 1906. Whittlebury, Wadenhoe, Ashton. At rest on thistle heads. Larva on alder and birch.

First Record: 1863, Smith.