B&F: 2167

ABH: 73.286

Status:  Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat:  Grassland.

Flight Period: Almost entirely single brooded in June and July.

Localities: Pitsford Water, Blatherwyke Lake, Bedford Purlieus and Castor Hanglands.  

Observations: I only hold two records of second brood moths, 28 August 1936 in Kettering and 10 September 1951 in a Wellingborough garden m.v. light trap. The moth was much more common in mid Northants in the 1950’s as the 1951 second brood moth was part of a twenty moth catch for the year. Currently the species is most frequently seen on the limestone grassland in the north of the county and there only in small numbers, i.e. 5 June 2004, two to m.v. light at Collyweston Quarry and 10 June 2004, five to m.v. light at Barnack Hills and Holes. All of the moths that I have seen in the county are of a dark ochreous brown colouration. 

L.O.N.: 1906. Wadenhoe. Only twice.

First Record: 1888, Morley.