Davey, P., 2009: A local species in south-east England, the larva feeding on spindle (Euonymus europaeus). In Dorset, the moth is a suspected immigrant, transitory resident and rare resident. The bulk of the records hale from the coastal belt where spindle is scarce. Two-thirds of all records occurred in the hot immigrant-rich summer of 2003, and seventeen of these were from West Bexington on 5 September.

The national norm of a partial second brood in late summer is not reflected in the... Read More

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