Davey, P., 2009: A regular immigrant species to southern Britain, most often recorded in southern coastal counties, and becoming progressively scarcer further north, the polyphagous larva feeding on wide variety of plants in the tropics and sub-tropics and in Britain occasionally found on imported fruits and cultivated flowers. In Dorset, records of this species date as far back as 1826, and its status is of a fairly regular, but often low-density immigrant whose total numbers vary annually... Read More

Recorded in 35 (88%) of 40 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1894. Last Recorded in 2023. (Data up to end 2023) Additional Stats

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