Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Double brooded from May to August.

Localities: Salcey Forest, Old Pastures, Geddington Chase and Fineshade.

Observations: This is a species with few early Northamptonshire records. It is usually seen in ancient woodland and then, in my experience, always in very small numbers at light. It was not recorded at the Fineshade Rothamsted light trap in the 1990’s, although it has been taken at m.v. light there since.

L.O.N.: 1906. Yardley Chase, Bedford Purlieus. Occasional.

First Record: 1906, Slater.