B&F: 2158

ABH: 73.264

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Single brooded from May to July.

Observations: It is stated in literature that there is an occasional small second brood of this moth in southern England. The only possible instances of this occurring in Northamptonshire that I have been able to trace are two records from Wellingborough on 28 August 1951 and 19 August 1952.

Confusion Species: Beautiful Brocade

L.O.N.: 1907. Several localities. Often common at sugar and flowers of Silene.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.