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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant
- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: The broad blackish band from leading half of outer edge to middle of trailing edge, and merging with band on hindwing when the moth is at rest, makes it distinctive.
Distribution: (Last record: 2022 ) - Last recorded June 2022. Locally uncommon – One known locality in Derbyshire, from 1986 – a small population in Ticknall Lime yards, where the food plant, Traveller’s Joy is found. Unsure if this population still exists today. (2022). In 2007 the DANES Journal states that 2 individuals were taken at MV light trap at Over Haddon, near Lathkill Dale, where the food plant is found. Now one taken overnight 16th – 17th June 2022 at Long Eaton in a garden Moth trap per Paul Buxton, who managed an image prior to it flying off.
*** Last updated on 11 March 2025 by RP ***
Forewing: 14-17mm
Last Recorded Year: 2022
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded
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IMAGES BELOW: Long Eaton, Derbyshire Paul Buxton © – Garden Trap overnight 16th-17th June 2022
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