Number of records: 57
Recorded in: 19 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 03 xi 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.
Immigrant and currently extinct episodic resident. Usually occurs singly, occasionally sparingly at mv light. Distinctly episodic in appearance, modern records have chiefly been confined to south-western corner of county and to Rye. Single-brooded, flying mainly from late September to late October. No record of specific discovery of feral larvae in Sussex. In captivity young larvae have been reared on bulbous buttercup and lesser celandine, when older on ash and privet. (Pratt, 2011)
