Distribution and Abundance: Rare.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Recorded in July.

Record: 16 July 1999 Geddington Chase (D. Howton).

Observations: There is some doubt regarding the source of this record as Golden-rod, the food plant of this species, is not known to occur at Geddington Chase, or for that matter anywhere in the county, according to the, “Flora of Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough,” by Gill Gent and Rob Wilson. Writing in the 1960’s in his unpublished paper, “The Lepidoptera of Castor Hanglands and Ailsworth Heath 1911 – 1960,” R. E. M. Pilcher stated that the moth was occasional on the reserve.

First Record: Pre 1960, Pilcher.