Season (Adult / Immature):
National Status: Common
Local Status: Common and widespread resident.
Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation
Flight time: One generation, May-Aug.
Foodplant: Rosebay Willowherb, other willowherbs and bedstraws.
|Year first recorded||1955||2007||1983||1955|
|Year last recorded||2011||2007||2011||2011|
|Number of records||3919||1||343||8526|
|Number of individuals||10292||1||930||22446|
For the region, we have a total of 8526 records from 564 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1955.
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A frequent species across much of the British Isles, but local in northern Scotland, the larva feeding on willowherb (Epilobium spp.), balsam (Impatiens spp.), bedstraw (Galium spp.) and fuschia. In Dorset, this stunning moth is frequent across most habitat types apart from on Portland where it is rare, and rises to common in river and fen localities where great willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) grows in profusion.