B&F: 2198

ABH: 73.293

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: General occurrence.

Flight Period: Mainly single brooded from June to August with a partial second generation in September in some years.

Observations: The species can be very common as shown by the Pitsford Water light trap returns for the five years to 2003. Viz:-
Year    Total    Sept.                Dates
1999    2337    1272      31 May - 26 September
2000    1054      147      19 June - 22 September
2001    1116        46      11 June -   9 September
2002      621         -       23 June - 27 August
2003      876         -       15 June - 26 August
This analysis, with September numbers quoted separately, demonstrates that the moth has produced a second generation in at least three of the five recent years, whereas earlier records indicate that the species was formerly more single brooded in the county.

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

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.