Davey, P., 2009: A locally common species limited to southern and eastern England and Wales, the larva feeds on oak (Quercus spp.). In Dorset, the moth is local and confined to woodland containing oak where it can occasionally be common: Boys Wood, fifty-eight at MV light on 15 June 2003 (C Manley, P Davey). It is seldom encountered far from deciduous woodland. The following specimen was trapped at the end of a famously warm summer and is likely to have been a second brood individual: Holnest, at MV on 14 September 1959 (H Moore).

Recorded in 29 (73%) of 40 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1928.
Last Recorded in 2023.
(Data up to end 2023)