Distribution and Abundance: Fairly common.

Primary Habitat: Grassland and scrub.

Flight Period: Double brooded from May into September.

Observations: Although caterpillars were quite plentiful in August 1996 in the seed capsules of red campion growing along the Brampton Valley Way, the moth only seems to be present at light in small numbers. In my experience the limestone grassland of Collyweston Quarry is the best site for the moth in the county.

L.O.N.: 1891. Near Kettering. Only twice.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.