Number of records: 2,106
Recorded in: 254 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 07 viii 2024
Identification difficulty
: 1Species that can be relatively easily identified even by inexperienced recorders with the use of up-to-date field guides. Such records would be accepted without the need for additional evidence as long as they conform to the normal flight period and geographical range of the species.
A resident moth which usually occurs singly or sparingly at mv light in a wide range of habitats but it is sometimes fairly common in the far eastern corner of the county. Widespread but only patchily distributed, and very local and distinctly episodic in any numbers. Chiefly single-brooded, flying from early May to late July. Partial second generations have been recorded in the county. Larval foodplants are garden apple, crab apple, sallow, grey willow, goat willow and lime. (Pratt, 2011)
Hastings, 3 vi 2025 Photo: Martin Allen
Hastings, 23 v 2025 Photo: Angela Bogie
Crowborough, 30 v 2025 Photo: Charles Waters
Bateman's Burwash, 13 v 2025 Photo: Charles Waters
