Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: Gardens.

Flight Period: Single brooded in June and July.

Observations: The full range of melanic forms occur and at Fineshade represent some 20% of the catches of the species in the Rothamsted moth trap between 1993 and 2000.

L.O.N.: 1907. Many localities. Common.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.