Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: General occurrence.

Flight Period: Records extend from March to November, but the moth is mainly seen in the autumn.

Observations: Annual abundance varies considerably. Returns from the static Pitsford Reservoir light traps for the five years from 1999 to 2003 show an annual average of twenty-five moths trapped with a high of fifty-seven in the year 2000 and none seen in 2002.

L.O.N.: 1907. Many localities. A constant visitor to sugar.

First Record: 1845, Whitwell.