B&F: 2364

ABH: 73.121

Status:  Resident.

Distribution and Abundance:  Common.

Primary Habitat:  Wetland.

Flight Period:  Single brooded from August to October.

Observations: Returns from the static Pitsford Water light traps for the decade to 2009 show an annual average of twenty-nine moths recorded with a high of fifty-six and a low of eight. The pupae were numerous inside the stems of thistles in August 1971 in a damp field near to Cransley Reservoir.

L.O.N.:  1906. Kettering, Faxton, Brigstock, Blatherwyck. (sic).  Not very common.

First Record:  1882, Hull & Tomalin.