Distribution and Abundance: Rare.

Record: 26 August 2008 Woodnewton (N. Smith).

Observations: The first county record of this moth (depicted in the lower image) was taken in a garden m.v. light trap on 26 August 2008. The species is reported as resident in the South-east of Britain, with populations also recorded in parts of Wales. A singleton was recorded in Earith, Huntingdonshire on 15 July 2005, and another two individuals were reported from a garden light trap in Slough, Buckinghamshire, in July 1998. Aside from these records, it has not knowingly been reported from other adjacent counties and is therefore most likely that this specimen is a vagrant, possibly brought in as a larva on soft fruit plants.

First Record: 2008, Smith.