Distribution and Abundance:  Common.

Primary Habitat:  Woodland.

Flight Period:  Single brooded in September and October.

Observations:  A melanic specimen was reared from larvae found on 16 May 1987 in the crevices in the bark of oak at Yardley Chase.

L.O.N.:  1907. Many localities. Common. At sugar & c.

First Record:  1881, Porritt.