B&F: 1911

ABH: 70.232

Status: Resident and possible migrant.

Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in September and October.

Localities: Lower Benefield, Ring Haw, Collyweston Great Wood and Castor Hanglands.

Observations: The above localities are all post 1990 and apart from Castor Hanglands are records of singletons. In the north-east of the county where it appears to be spreading there are additional single records from Warmington, Werrington and Helpston. In 2003 singletons were taken on 23 August and 18 September in an m.v. garden light trap at Chelveston where the moth has been recorded in small numbers in subsequent years. At present Castor Hanglands is probably still the best-known site for the species, notwithstanding this the moth has been taken in a Woodnewton garden at light for the three years to 2010. Viz: - 2008 - 32, 2009 - 11 and 2010 - 1.

First Record: 1947, Cransley Reservoir, Robinson.