Davey, P., 2009: A declining species in south-east England and East Anglia, the larva feeding on the catkins and afterwards on the leaves of black-poplar (Populus nigra), or, if the catkins fall to the ground, on herbaceous plants. Its preferred habitat is poplar-dominated open woodland and mature poplar groves usually on the floor of river valleys. The moth has been recorded on three occasions in Dorset. A second individual was trapped on the same night as the Wareham example, in central Kent, and although hybrid black-poplars (Populus nigra x deltoides) have been block planted at Wareham, both are likely immigrants. Indeed, the first two Dorset examples are likely to have originated from the western France; the most recent, from north-eastern France: Broadwey, on 8 October 2007 (P Harris), Wareham, on 5 October 1997 (B Withers), Durlston, on 10 October 2005 (Durlston Country Park).

	Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 5 (13%) of 40 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1997.
Last Recorded in 2011.
(Data up to end 2019)