Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Gardens.

Flight Period: Single brooded in June and July.

Localities: Northampton, Kinewell Lake, Peterborough and Werrington.

Observations: The first two records above were of single moths. The 1998 moth was found almost dead on the lakeside and the 1993 moth was flying inside a house. The Werrington record was derived from eleven moths attracted to pheromone lure between 15 June and 13 July 2004 in a rural garden and the Northampton record is of two moths seen in an orchard. Since the advent of pheromone attractants the species has been seen more numerously but the indications are that it is rather more local than some of its congeners. Despite repeated specific targeting in some eminently suitable localities the moth has not been seen, however the species is almost certainly under-recorded in the county.

L.O.N.: Undated. Victoria History.

First Record: 1902, Victoria County History.