Distribution and Abundance: Very Local.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in April and May.

Localities: Hazelborough Forest, Yardley Chase and Salcey Forest.

Observations: For over eighty years the only record of this moth occurring in the county was of a caterpillar found in 1903 at Yardley Chase. On following this record up in 1987 the moth was found to be common there, presumably having been present over the intervening years. This find effectively underlines the value of following up old records. The moth is much more common at Yardley Chase than at Salcey Forest. On 9 May 2003 a singleton was taken at Earl’s Wood in Hazelborough Forest.

L.O.N.: 1903. Yardley Chase. Once. Reared from larva.

First Record: 1903, Kenyon.