B&F: 1749

ABH: 70.069

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Waste ground.

Flight Period: Single brooded in July and August.

Localities: Hazelborough Forest, Kingsthorpe, Brookside Spinney and Helpston.

Observations: Although always local the species appears to have become less common over more recent years. It was regarded as common at Castor Hanglands during the first half of the last century but has not been seen there since. Wellingborough garden light trap records from the 1950’s show an annual average of four moths, a catch unequalled anywhere nowadays. The Pitsford Water light trap records show that the species was unrecorded in the decade to 2009 although it has turned up in small numbers at other sites in recent times. The last occasion that I saw the moth in the county was in 1991 and all of my subsequent searches for the caterpillar on goosefoot have been unsuccessful.

L.O.N.: 1907. Several localities. Rather common.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.