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  Small Yellow Wave Hydrelia flammeolaria  
         
 

B&F: 1876

ABH: 70.114

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Fairly common.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in June and July.

Observations: Although present at Fineshade, the moth was not taken in the Rothamsted light trap running in the woodland for eight years during the 1990’s. Generally I have seen the moth more by disturbing it from bushes than at light in the county.

L.O.N.: 1907. Many localities. Common.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.