Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Scrub.

Flight Period: Single brooded in July and August.

Localities: Yardley Chase, King’s Wood, Fineshade and Belham Wood.

Observations: The species appears to show a preference for damper areas. The caterpillars were quite common after dark on 13 April 1990 feeding on small blackthorn bushes alongside the River Ise at Newton.

L.O.N.: 1907. Kettering, Elton, Castle Ashby, Deene, Ashton. Very irregular, but quite a number found in 1907. Comes to light.

First Record: 1859, Whall.