B&F: 2274

ABH: 73.182

Status:  Resident. 

Distribution and Abundance:  Common.

Primary Habitat:  Woodland.

Flight Period:  Single brooded from August to October.

Observations: The moth can be variable in abundance at light as shown by the Fineshade Rothamsted trap running in woodland in the 1990’s. Viz:- 1993 - 2, 1994 - 0, 1995 - 3, 1996 - 24, 1997 - 15, 1998 - 0 and 1999 - 0. The overall flight period of these moths was from 23 August to 13 October. In my experience the minimally marked form ab. flavescens is rather uncommon in the county.

L.O.N.:  1907. Several localities. Comes freely to sugar.

First Record:  1882, Hull & Tomalin.