B&F: 2477

ABH: 72.003

Status: Resident. 

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: General occurrence.

Flight Period: Double brooded from June to October.

Observations: Although the species can be very common returns from the Fineshade Rothamsted light trap running in woodland in the 1990’s show considerable annual variations in abundance. Viz:-
Year     Moths            Dates
1993      83      10 June -   3 October
1994    174      19 June -   9 October
1995      35      14 June - 20 September
1996        5        6 July -    9 August
1997      11        4 July -  28 September
1998      30      17 June - 21 September
1999      42      27 May - 27 September
Second brood moths are much smaller in size than those of the first brood.

L.O.N.: 1907. Everywhere. Abundant.    

First Record: 1842, Clark.