Davey, P., 2009: Resident and rare on coastal sand dunes and shingle beaches in Kent, Suffolk and formerly Essex, otherwise a very rare immigrant, the polyphagous larva feeding on withered leaves of herbaceous plants and grasses. The moth has a mainly southern distribution in Europe where it colonises open dry grassland. In Dorset, three individuals have been recorded on or close to the coast and all are suspected immigrants: Portland, at MV light on 15 July 1994 (M Cade), near Bournemouth, 19... Read More

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Recorded in 5 (13%) of 40 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1901. Last Recorded in 2015. (Data up to end 2019) Additional Stats

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