Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: Woodland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in June and July.

Observations: Generally, both historically and currently, the species is rather less common in the county than its congener the Plain Golden Y (A. jota). This varies from locality to locality as shown by the static Pitsford Reservoir light trap returns for the years 1999 to 2003 where an overall total of seventy-nine moths were recorded for this species and sixty-two for the Plain Golden Y.

L.O.N.: 1906. Several localities. Not uncommon.

First Record: 1842, Clark.