B&F: 2300

ABH: 73.107

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Rather local.

Primary Habitat: Wetland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in July and August.

Localities: Salcey Forest, Ditchford Lakes, Lilford and Wittering Copse.

Observations: The moth is much more strongly attracted to sugar than to light. Over the years I have never seen it at m.v. light and only twice at actinic light, whereas it regularly attends sugar especially near rivers and in marshy areas. On 21 August 1994 seven examples were attracted to sugared trees along the Slade Brook on the edge of Glendon Wood. They are also known to roost, sometimes in considerable numbers, as seen in the second image (2017, Kettering).

L.O.N.: 1907. Many localities. Common near streams.

First Record: 1842, Clark.