B&F: 2489

ABH: 72.053

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: Gardens.

Flight Period: Single brooded from June to August.

Observations: Although the moth is not strongly attracted to light, the Fineshade Rothamsted tungsten filament light trap provides useful data on the abundance and flight period of the species in the 1990’s. Viz:-
  5 July - 28 July 1993                5
19 July               1994                2
  9 July -  2 Aug. 1995                4
11 July               1996                1
12 July               1997                1
15 July               1998                2
                          1999               0
  3 July -   4 July 2000                2.

L.O.N.: 1905. Near Kettering.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.