Number of records: 538
Recorded in: 117 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 21 x 2024
Identification difficulty
: 1Species that can be relatively easily identified even by inexperienced recorders with the use of up-to-date field guides. Such records would be accepted without the need for additional evidence as long as they conform to the normal flight period and geographical range of the species.
An immigrant and suspected resident since 2001 or 2005. Only found singly, at rest, on sugar, and to mv light. Immigrants appear in a wide range of habitats chiefly in the south while residents prefer wooded landscapes in the far east of the county. Single-brooded flying mainly from mid August to mid October. Feral larvae have not been detected in Sussex but adults have been associated with aspen and poplar. (Pratt, 2011)
North Peacehaven, 7 ix 2017 Photo: David Palmer
Henfield, 9 ix 2025 Photo: Ian Woiwod
Steyning, 13 viii 2025 Photo: Olly Ellis
Bracklesham, 9 x 2025 Photo: Derek Lee
ex female Brede, 16 vi 2011 Photo: Keith Alexander
ex female Brede, 18 vi 2011 Photo: Keith Alexander
ex gravid female Hampshire, 4 vii 2012 Photo: Mark Colvin
ex gravid female Hampshire, 4 vii 2012 Photo: Mark Colvin
