B&F: 1804

ABH: 70.134

Status: Resident. 

Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Waste ground.

Flight Period: Single brooded in July and August.

Localities: Hazelborough Wood, Old Pastures, Boughton Park and Castor Hanglands.   

Observations: The species is usually seen in small numbers at light as borne out by the results from the Fineshade Rothamsted light trap running in woodland in the 1990’s. Viz:-
1993,   9 August  to 11 August - 5
1994, 24 July      to   7 August - 2
1995, 30 July      to   6 August - 4
1996, 21 July      to 10 August - 4
1997,                                       0
1998,   1 August                       1
1999,                                       0.
The Pitsford Water static light traps show the moth only having been recorded once in the decade to 2009 with two moths being taken in 2002.

First Record: 1919, Wallis.