B&F: 1734

ABH: 70.041

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Very local.

Primary Habitat: Grassland.

Flight Period: Single brooded from June to August.

Localities: Collyweston Quarry, Easton on the Hill and Barnack Hills and Holes.

Observations: The species can be very common on the limestone grassland of Collyweston Quarry and Barnack Hills and Holes. The moth is easily put up by day, however when I visited the Quarry in 2005 despite specifically searching for the species I did not see it. The 1967 Maidwell record mentioned below is from a garden light trap and is the only earlier record.

First Record: 1914, Sharman