Immigrant and currently extinct temporary resident. Scarce at mv light in both vice-counties Single-brooded, flying mainly from early August to early September. Single males have been recorded in nine of the last fifty years. The larval foodplants have not been recorded in Sussex. On the continent the species feeds on a wide variety of wild and cultivated trees. (Pratt, 2011)
Woods near Plaistow, 11 viii 2017
Photo: Dave Green
Bexhill, 29 viii 2017
Photo: Keith Alexander
Eastbourne, 27 vii 2018
Photo: Peter Coyston
Wadhurst, 28 vii 2019
Photo: MichaelHoward
Hastings, 05 viii 2020
Photo: Angela Bogie
Hastings, 05 viii 2020
Photo: Angela Bogie
Hastings, 08 viii 2020
Photo: Angela Bogie
Crowborough, 09 viii 2020
Photo: Charles Waters
Peacehaven, 11 viii 2020
Photo: Dave Palmer
Hurstpierpoint, 20 viii 2020
Photo: Dennis Chanter
Burgess Hill, 30 vi 2016
Photo: Pearl Carter
Found in Garden Compost Bin, not on food plant
Bexhill-on-Sea, 10 vi 2016
Photo: Anne Carey
Steyning, 03 viii 2015
Photo: Olly Ellis
Steyning, 03 viii 2015
Photo: Olly Ellis
Bexhill-on-Sea, 19 viii 2013
Photo: Derek Crawley
Sussex Border, 05 viii 2006
Photo: Sam Bayley
Friston Forest, 22 viii 2010
Photo: Michael Blencowe
Friston Forest, 22 viii 2010
Photo: Michael Blencowe
