B&F: 2087

ABH: 73.319

Status: Resident and migrant.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: Gardens.

Flight Period: Double brooded from May to July and again in the autumn.

Observations: Although second brood moths are seen annually nowadays it appears likely that the moth was single brooded in some well recorded earlier years. An example of this is in the 1950’s, when in the five years to 1955 second brood moths were only seen in the years 1952 and 1955.

Confusion Species: Heart & Club

L.O.N.: 1907. Everywhere. Very common. 

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.