- Rare / Uncommon / Scarce
ID pointers: Quite a chunky looking moth with rather broad and rounded grey wings, quite variable in colour and markings. An obvious small oval pale centred with a dark outline and a most conspicuous black lined kidney mark and outer cross-line that is pale bordered on the inner edge. Sometimes there is a black streak flicking through the central area of the outer cross-line. A superb image below shows an example of the dark colour morph f.suffusa.
Distribution: (Last record: 26/05/2024 at Glossop ) - Last recorded 2024 – A resident that is confined to the upland grit-stone moors of the Central and Peak areas of Derbyshire. All records apart from one recorded in a Darley Dale garden (2009) and another from a garden in Ripley (2008), have been recorded from moorland habitat.
Forewing: 16-20mm
Last Recorded Date: 26/05/2024
Last Recorded By: Christian Heintzen
Last Recorded General Area: Glossop
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IMAGES BELOW: Glossop, Derbyshire – Christian Heintzen © / Darley Dale, Derbyshire – Simon Roddis ©