We have just three records of this scarce migrant. The first appears in Porritt's 1904 lists - "one of our greatest rarities - there being hitherto only two British specimens recorded - Mr T Ashton Lofthouse was fortunate enough to capture a good example at "sugar" at Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, on the night of September 26th, 1903. Mr Lofthouse sent me the specimen for examination". The other two records are in Rutherford's 1970 lists - Methley, 12th August 1910 and Kirkstall, 15th August 1939. There have only been 17 British records, the most recent being in Sussex in 1996. This is a moth of the extreme east of Europe extending into Siberia and other parts of Asia. Migrants are occcasionally seen to the west, as far as Iceland. It is perhaps surprising that there have been none in the UK for so long.
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: This species is a resident of Russia, Hungary and western Asia (Skinner, 1984). Sixteen specimens have been recorded in the British Isles as migrants, three of which have been found in Yorkshire. The most recent of these was in Kirkstall, Leeds (VC64) in 1939 (YNU, 1970).
Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required
Recorded in 3 (2%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1903. Last Recorded in 1939. Additional Stats
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