Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in southern Britain, but absent from Scotland, the larva feeding nocturnally on various herbaceous plants. In Dorset, the moth is widespread, ranging from locally abundant on unimproved grassland and in open woodland, to frequent elsewhere. Of the five hundred and twenty two examples trapped at Arne between 1993 and 1995, 95% were of the typical form, and 5% referred to the melanistic form, ab. bilinea. The following singleton in a warmer than usual summer... Read More

Recorded in 37 (93%) of 40 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1934. Last Recorded in 2019. (Data up to end 2019) Additional Stats

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