Number of records: 28
Recorded in: 14 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 11 ix 2021
Identification difficulty
: 2Species where care is needed for identification. Should not present any difficulty for experienced recorders, but inexperienced recorders may be expected to provide additional evidence in the form of photographs of reasonable quality that show as many of the identification features as possible or, alternatively, a specimen. Even experienced recorders may be expected to provide additional evidence if the record is outside of the normal flight period or geographical range of the species.
Generally a rare immigrant species, although larvae have occasionally been found. More than a tenth of British adults have been detected in Sussex. These were recorded between 1946 and 2009 and amount to 29 adult insects. Locations include Eastbourne, Arundel, Midhurst, Peacehaven, Rye, Bognor, Walberton, Ferring and Horsham. (Pratt, 2011)
