Season (Adult / Immature):
National Status: Local
Local Status: Rare and very local resident.
Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation
Flight time: One generation, Jun-Aug.
Foodplant: Meadowsweet, Common Valarian.
|Year first recorded||1886||1985||1886|
|Year last recorded||2011||2005||2011|
|Number of records||125||6||262|
|Number of individuals||205||39||488|
For the region, we have a total of 262 records from 124 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1886.
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A local species in England and Wales, the polyphagous larva feeding mainly on herbaceous plants found in damp habitats such as meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) and common valerian (Valeriana officinalis). In Dorset, the moth is local and at low density inhabiting wetland, particularly river valleys that support unimproved, unpolluted, herb-rich water meadows, also marsh, plus damp woodland rides and clearings.