Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Single brooded from August to October.

Observations: In my experience the moth is usually more numerous at sugar than at light. It was plentiful at sugar on 9 September 1993 at Ashton Wold with some twenty examples being attracted, whereas m.v. light traps left overnight on the same visit were much less successful in only catching four moths. In the past I have found the caterpillar on the underside of leaves of small sallows growing along the sides of woodland rides.

L.O.N.: 1907. Many localities. Common at sugar.

First Record: 1843, Whitwell.