Davey, P., 2009: A local species across England and Wales, the larva feeding on blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). In Dorset, the moth is local and confined mainly to blackthorn along the coastal belt ‘where larvae prefer stunted blackthorn bushes’ (Dr P Sterling) and to blackthorn scrub inland on chalky soil at sites such as Badbury Rings and Bottlebush Down, and on neutral soil at sites such as Rooksmoor and Povington Wood, where the moth is locally abundant among the densest thickets.

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