B&F: 2241

ABH: 73.209

Status: Migrant and possible Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Rare.

Primary Habitat: Unspecific.

Flight Period: Single brooded in September and October and after hibernation from February to April.

Records: 14 September 1991, Wellingborough (D. Larkin); 28 February 1992, Castor Hanglands (M. Hillier); 7 October 1996, Sulby Gardens (C. Lowe); 10 October 2015, Old Stratford (A. Harding).

Observations: There is an additional record on 16 April 1977 from Maidwell (K. Baskcomb). The Faxton record below was of a moth taken on 22 September 1906 in Mawsley Wood by E. F. Wallis. It is not possible to say whether these moths were residents or migrants but I have been unable to trace any records of the early stages of the species being found in the county

Confusion Species: Sword-grass

L.O.N.: 1906. Near Faxton. At sugar.

First Record: 1882, Whittlebury Forest, Hull & Tomalin.