
- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant
- Migrant

ID pointers: A very large moth with long grey ashen wings that are extensively marbled and streaked. The abdomen is segmented with white, pink and black bands and is quite striking and diagnostic. The moths are often well worn when discovered in a light trap.
Distribution: (First record: 2015 ) - (Last record: 07/09/2024 at Belper and Glossop ) - A rare migrant species, with 12 reported records since the first in September 2015, where 5 larvae were found on bindweed in an Ilkestone garden. The majority of reports have occurred from the south and east of the county. There were three casual sightings to 2018. 1 light trapped at Whitwell Wood in 2003 (Tony Davison & Will Soar), 1 light trapped at Kings Newton in 2006 (Will Soar) and 1 from Wirksworth in 2020. Latest county records – one trapped over-night in a Belper garden – 9th August 2022 and another 10th September (Dave Evans). One at a Primary school in Matlock September 2023 (Simon Roddis) and a dead specimen on the road in front of my house in Melbourne September 2023. During 2024 -One recorded from Shirland overnight on 6th September (Nikki Barrow), one from Belper 7th September 2024 (Dave Newcombe) and one from Glossop 7th September (Christian Heintzen)
Last Recorded Date: 07/09/2024
Last Recorded By: Dave Newcombe, Christian Heintzen
Last Recorded General Area: Belper and Glossop
First Recorded Year: 2015
IMAGES BELOW: Derbyshire – Images by Tony Davison © / 8th-9th August 2022 – Belper – Image by Dave Evans © / Shirland 6th Sept 2024 Image by Nikki Mahadevan ©








