Norfolk status
Extremely Rare.
Wetland localities including fens, marshes, wet meadows and river banks where the scarce foodplant is found.

At one time thought to be extinct because of its absence from all sites from 1940 to mid 1950s after which it was reported from many of them from Nottinghamshire to the Broads. It remains unpredictable, it may have a run of years at one site and then vanish for as long. The moth is rarely seen and we depend for data upon its beautifully cryptically coloured larva on seedheads of Thalictrum (Common Meadow Rue) G. Haggett (NMS No.55, 1999)

Several old Norfolk records, and a few recent records of adults recorded at light from scattered locations.

Larvae rediscovered from a site in West Norfolk in 2010, the first larval records for decades! (J Wheeler, 2010) but not seen at the site since 2011. Larvae also recorded at a confidential site in VC27 in 2013.

Annual larval searches on the ripe seedheads of Common Meadow Rue occur in Norfolk at potential and known sites. Larvae have only been found at two Norfolk sites in recent years, a site in the Norwich Yare valley and along the Little Ouse in SW Norfolk.

Established colony along the Norfolk and Suffolk border at Lakenheath Fen/Botany Bay has sadly not been recorded for several years.

	Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 20 (27%) of 74 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1762. Last Recorded in 2024. Additional Stats

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