B&F: 2495

ABH: 72.070

Status: Possible migrant/vagrant

Distribution and Abundance: Rare

Primary Habitat: Woodland

Flight Period: July

Record: 05 July 2017 (R. Follows).

Observations: The moth illustrated was taken at light in Easton Hornstocks. The origin of the moth is unclear, given that the species has a southerly resident distribution and restricted to only a few known localities, but is suspected also to be a migrant species. The 2017 record comes at a time of very warm weather and concurrent with other records of migrant species in midland counties. The larval foodplants include the withered leaves of Oak, Beech and Sweet Chestnut.

First Record: 2017, Follows.