B&F: 2279
ABH: 73.039
Status: Resident.
Distribution and Abundance: Common.
Primary Habitat: Woodland.
Flight Period: Single
brooded from June to August.
Observations: Following Walliss
records below the species did not feature on Kettering lists until
the advent of light trapping in the 1950s. In more recent years
the moth has been seen annually in small numbers at the Pitsford Water
static m.v. light traps. The dark form ab. infuscata occurs
in the county but is uncommon.
Confusion Species: Poplar
Grey
L.O.N.: 1906.
Wadenhoe, Northampton. Not common.
First Record: 1843,
Whitwell.
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