B&F: 2283

ABH: 73.037

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Fairly common.

Primary Habitat: Wetland and woodland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in June and July.

Observations: The adults of Dark Dagger (A. tridens) and Grey Dagger (A. psi) are virtually identical and show a similar range of variation. Unless examination of genitalia is performed, or the moths have been reared please record as Dark/Grey Dagger agg. To avoid even more confusion we have decided to leave the mapping and records as they are at the end of 2013.The moth illustrated was reared from a caterpillar found on 28 June 1988 in Wellingborough feeding on hawthorn.

Confusion Species: Grey Dagger

L.O.N.: 1906. Yardley Chase, Burton Latimer, near Kettering.

First Record: 1863, Smith.