B&F: 1781

ABH: 70.126

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Double brooded in May and June and again in August.

Localities: Salcey Forest, Yardley Chase, Short Wood and Fineshade.

Observations: This species was particularly common in Old Sulehay Forest on moth recording nights in 2003 with seventy-one examples being attracted to m.v. light. The breakdown of the records is as follows:-
18 April - 2,   7 May - 21,   11 June - 4,   9 July - 4,   24 July - 27, 
7 August - 13,   19 August - 0 and 10 September - 0. 
This shows a more continuous spread of records than normal presumably due to the forward season.

L.O.N.: 1906. Castor. Local.

First Record: 1902 Victoria County History.