Davey, P., 2009: A regular immigrant species from southern Europe and north Africa, more often recorded in southern coastal counties and becoming progressively scarcer further north, the polyphagous larva feeding on various herbaceous plants. In Dorset, the moth has been recorded in all but four of the past twenty-one years, and in every month apart from November, December and March. The bivoltine brood pattern is partially obscured by influxes of moths from different latitudes emerging at... Read More

Recorded in 37 (93%) of 40 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1928. Last Recorded in 2019. (Data up to end 2019) Additional Stats

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