B&F: 1792

ABH: 70.119

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Rather local.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in July and August.

Localities: Salcey Forest, Ditchford Lake, Boughton Park and Wittering Copse.

Observations: The Fineshade Rothamsted light trap run nightly in the 1990’s in woodland shows the following catches:-
Year   Moths           Dates
1993     3            15 July - 22 July 
1994     0 
1995     2            26 July - 06 Aug 
1996     2            28 July - 26 Aug
1997     0
1998     2            15 July - 27 July 
1999     2            07 July - 31 July
Several caterpillars were found in May 1991 feeding on buckthorn along the River Ise at Newton.

L.O.N.: 1905. Several localities. Not common.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.