Distribution:  (First record: 20/09/2021 at Midway )  -  (Last record: 07/10/2024 at Belper )  -  Latest record 2024 – A record of this species has  recently appeared on iRecord and has been verified by the Records Team. A specimen was recorded from Midway on 20th September 2021. This represents the first record of this species for VC57 and Derbyshire. The individual that was recorded from an overnight trap at Allestree, Derby, 13/14 August 2022 now becomes the second record, with another from Newall on 2 October 2022. Three remarkable records. Further records from Sheffield (VC57) 1 September 2023, Sandiacre 10 September 2023,  Cromford, 11 September 2023. and Glapwell 16 September 2023. The eighth individual was recorded by Brian Hobby from his Kirk Hallam garden on 29 August 2024. A single individual recorded from a Sandiacre garden on 1st September 2024 by Emily Louise Milnes is now the ninth Derbyshire record. Dave Newcombe from Belper recorded the tenth individual overnight on 7th October 2024. Since the first one was recorded in Cornwall in 1959, this species has been expanding its range along the south coast and northwards into the  south Midlands. First recorded in VC55 (Leics & Rutland) 4years ago. The larval food plant is Monterey Cypress, but also accepts Lawson’s Cypress and Leyland Cypress in captivity.