Davey, P., 2009: A strongly migratory species headquartered south of 30°N and a rare visitor to Britain, the larva feeding on grape-vine (Vitis vinifera), fuschia, willowherb (Epilobium spp.), bedstraw (Galium spp.) and virginia creeper (Parthenocissus spp.). No larvae have been found in the wild in the UK. The adult is fond of nectaring at scented flowers from dusk onwards. In Dorset, the moth has been recorded twenty times, with roughly half of these in the past twenty years and usually... Read More

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Recorded in 9 (23%) of 40 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1990. Last Recorded in 2019. (Data up to end 2019) Additional Stats

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