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  Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina  
         
 

B&F: 2011

ABH: 71.020

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: General occurrence.

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

Observations: My own field records show that I have seen the moth annually at light but always in very small numbers. In the past I have found the caterpillars of this species in the county by searching sallows and willows in the summer.

L.O.N.: 1906. Several localities. Rather common.

First Record: 1859, Sturgess.