Davey, P., 2009: A central and southern European species that frequents damp woods on sandy soils. It occurs in northern Spain and in France as far north as 48°N, the larva feeding on bracken (Pteridium aquilinum). This exotic species was new to Britain in 1959 when a moth was trapped in Sussex. It appeared again in Kent in 1962 and then on Guernsey in 1995. In Dorset, the following example, a female, was one of many rare immigrant species to be trapped at the time, and duly laid several eggs... Read More

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Recorded in 2 (5%) of 40 10k Squares. First Recorded in 2001. Last Recorded in 2016. (Data up to end 2019) Additional Stats

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