B&F: 1771

ABH: 70.082

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Gardens.

Flight Period: Single brooded in October and November.

Localities: Pitsford Water, Brampton Wood, Geddington Chase and Fineshade.

Observations: Since I first saw the moth in the county during the 1970’s the species has increasingly spread amongst cultivated junipers and it is now plentiful annually at light in my garden in Kettering.

L.O.N.: 1905. Harleston Firs, Castle Ashby.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.