B&F: 1679

ABH: 70.035

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Double brooded from May to August.

Localities: Salcey Forest, Old Pastures, Geddington Chase and Fineshade.

Observations: This is a species with few early Northamptonshire records. It is usually seen in ancient woodland and then, in my experience, always in very small numbers at light. It was not recorded at the Fineshade Rothamsted light trap in the 1990’s, although it has been taken at m.v. light there since. My own field records show that I have seen the moth on one occasion in the decade to 2009 when two moths were seen at light on 13 August 2000 at Geddington Chase. Records from a moth trap run in a Woodnewton garden show that six moths were taken in both 2007 and 2008; eight were of the first brood and four were of the second brood. No moths were seen in 2009.

L.O.N.: 1906. Yardley Chase, Bedford Purlieus. Occasional.

First Record: 1905, Slater.