Number of records: 267
Recorded in: 78 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 30 vii 2024
Identification difficulty
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species
A resident species, occurring singly or sparingly at mv light in a wide range of habitats in both vice-counties. Single-brooded, flying mainly from mid-July to late August, and again after hibernation up to late May. Larvae feed on fleabane. (Pratt, 2011)
Woods Mill, 10 viii 2016 Photo: Bob Foreman
Castle Hill LNR and The Fort, Newhaven, 23 i 2023 Photo: Steven Teale
Lewes, 23 iii 2022 Photo: Peter Tinning
Hastings, 09 vii 2022 Photo: Angela Bogie
Etchingham, 18 viii 2021 Photo: Caroline Moore
Newhaven, East Sussex, 15 xii 2015 Photo: Steven Teale
, Fleabane Smudge Mount Pleasant, Newhaven, 17 xii 2014 Photo: Steven Teale
TQ801105 Shornden Meadow, 4 v 2013 Photo: Crystal Ray