Distribution and Abundance: Local.

Primary Habitat: Grassland.

Flight Period: Single brooded from June to August.

Localities: Salcey Forest, Bradlaugh Fields, Cottesbrooke Park and Castor Hanglands.

Observations: Although without modern records Bedford Purlieus was historically a good site for the species. It was first seen there in 1921 with a last sighting in 1969. The Bradlaugh fields record was of a female moth ovipositing on lady’s bedstraw on 31 July 2003.

L.O.N.: 1904. Weedon, Geddington Chase, Barnwell. Not common.

First Record: 1842, Clark.