B&F: 2019

ABH: 71.027

Status:  Resident. 

Distribution and Abundance:  Fairly common.

Primary Habitat:  Woodland. 

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

Observations: Usually seen in small numbers at light, the moth was more numerous than usual in actinic light traps left overnight amongst aspens in the 1970’s at Grafton Park Wood. In 2007 thirteen examples of this moth were taken at light in Woodnewton. These were split between the two broods as follows. First brood, April - 3 and May - 4, second brood, July - 4 and August - 2.

L.O.N.:  1888. Once only. Reared from larva found on poplar.      

First Record:  1843, Whitwell.