Davey, P., 2009: A declining species headquartered in south-east England mainly on chalk downland, the larval foodplant is unknown. In Dorset, the moth has always been rare and after a gap of seventy years, several were trapped at light during the 1960s in the north-east of the county in the lee of chalk downland. Thirteen years later, one more was trapped in similar chalky habitat but fifteen kilometres away. There have been no further records, although a colony persists at Stourhead, three... Read More
Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.
Recorded in 4 (10%) of 40 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1856. Last Recorded in 1981. (Data up to end 2019) Additional Stats
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