B&F: 2254

ABH: 73.228

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Scarce

Primary Habitat: Grassland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in August and September.

Localities: Harlestone, Geddington Chase, Harringworth Lake and Easton on the Hill.    

Observations: The moth has certainly become less common with many seasons producing no records at all. Formerly, apart from in 1920 it was recorded annually from 1917 to 1947 at numerous localities in the Kettering and Corby area. In 1940 many were said to have been seen at Gretton. The indications are that the decline set in during the late 1940’s as the moth seems to have been uncommon at m.v. lights in the 1950’s. The Pitsford Water data returns show that in the decade to 2009 the only example seen was a singleton in 2001.

L.O.N.: 1907. Several localities. Fairly common.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.