A resident and immigrant species. Often common to very common at mv light along the coast in a variety of habitats, less frequent inland. Generally distributed. Usually double-brooded and sometimes triple-brooded, adults most commonly encountered from mid June to mid July and again from mid August to early October. The larval foodplant has not been recorded in Sussex. (Pratt, 2011)

Nr. Battle, 09 ix 2018
Photo: Mark Donnellan

Brighton, 15 v 2020
Photo: Colin Piper

Hastings, 31 v 2020
Photo: Angela Bogie

Crawley, 16 x 2020
Photo: Anthony Bennett

Shoreham, 13 xi 2020
Photo: Chris Corrigan

Crowborough, 28 viii 2015
Photo: Charles Waters

Lindfield, 11 v 2009
Photo: Bob Foreman

Warnham LNR, 0
Photo: Sam Bayley

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Distribution at 1km scale

All records pre 1980 1980 - 1989 1990 - 1999 2000 - 2009 2010 on

Phenology (adult)

All records pre 1980 1980 - 1989 1990 - 1999 2000 - 2009 2010 on

No larval records

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