Distribution and Abundance:  Fairly common.

Primary Habitat:  General occurrence.

Flight Period:  Single brooded in May and June.

Observations:  Recent records suggest that this moth is becoming less common. I last saw it at Fineshade in 1996, whereas formerly it was an annual feature of my own field records covering recording within the county. Certainly early 1950's garden light trap records from Wellingborough of seven in 1951 and nine in 1952 do not seem to be achieved nowadays. In these years all of the moths recorded were males; females were always rare at this light only forming 4% of the species catch overall.

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

First Record:  1882, Hull & Tomalin.