Distribution and Abundance:  Common.

Primary Habitat:  General occurrence.

Flight Period:  Single brooded in June and July.

Observations:  The species is not greatly attracted to light as is demonstrated by Fineshade Rothamsted light trap records for the years 1993 to 1999 with an average of two moths and a maximum of five moths recorded. Some early records are endorsed “by beating.”

L.O.N.:  1903. Near Kettering, Geddington Chase.

First Record: 1881, Porritt.