B&F: 2243

ABH: 73.069

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in March and April.

Observations: The full range of variation occurs with the violet coloured ab. rosea forming a small percentage of populations. The larva may be found by day in June, well concealed at rest on the stems of garden honeysuckle. In the past I have seen the moth feeding at sallow bloom on sallows growing along woodland rides.

L.O.N.: 1907. Geddington Chase, Yardley Chase. Tree trunks.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.