B&F: 2231

ABH: 73.231

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Fairly common.

Primary Habitat: Grassland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in September and October.

Observations: Returns from my own garden m.v. light trap in Kettering show an annual average of seven moths over the decade to 2009. In September 1970 several moths were observed feeding at over ripe blackberries near to the site of the medieval village of Mallows Cotton. NB: In 2024, Aporophyla lutulenta (known as Deep-brown Dart) was removed from the British list, because it has been shown to be south-eastern european, with no proven presence here. We only have A. lueneburgensis, "Northern Deep-brown Dart", which is now to be called "Deep-brown Dart."

L.O.N.: 1904. Weedon.

First Record: 1902, Victoria County History.