A resident species usually occurring singly or sparingly throughout the county, occasionally fairly common in sheltered parts of the western Downs. In danger of extinction in East Sussex. Single-brooded, flying mainly throughout July. Larvae feed on buckthorn. (Pratt, 2011)

Devil's Dyke, 24 v 2015
Photo: Keith Alexander

Devil's Dyke, 19 v 2015
Photo: Keith Alexander

Ashcombe Bottom, Lewes, 08 vii 1988
Photo: Roy Leverton

Findon Vallet, 12 vii 2011
Photo: Mike Snelling

Devils Dyke, 24 v 2015
Photo: Keith Alexander

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Distribution at 1km scale

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Phenology (adult)

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No larval records

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