B&F: 2017

ABH: 71.028

Status: Vagrant/accidental. 

Distribution and Abundance: Rare.

Record: 15 August 1994 Wellingborough (D. Larkin).

Observations: The record is of a moth taken in a garden light trap. In view of the unsuitable habitat in the vicinity of its capture it could possibly have originated from a nearby garden centre. Formerly Castor Hanglands was a well-known locality for the species and R. E. M. Pilcher writing in the early 1960’s in his unpublished paper on, “The Lepidoptera of Castor Hanglands and Ailsworth Heath 1911 – 1960,” describes it as, “Rare on the reserve.” This site could also be the source of the 1843 record below as it is apparent from his notes that John Whitwell used to visit the Hanglands.

L.O.N.: Vict. Hist. 

First Record: 1843, near Peterborough, Whitwell.