Distribution and Abundance:  Common. 

Primary Habitat:  Scrub.

Flight Period:  Double brooded in May and June and again in July and August.  

Observations:  The moth was particularly numerous at light on 4 June 1988 amongst the old hawthorns at Collyweston Quarry.

L.O.N.:  1907. Almost everywhere. Common. 

First Record:  1882, Hull & Tomalin.