Status
Rare.
Nocturnal and comes to light, also easily disturbed by day.
Salt marshes on East coast and coastal habitats where foodplant found.
Noted by C.G. Barrett as "very abundant among aster tripolium in the saltmarshes of Norfolk."
First modern-day records of larval cases found near Yarmouth.
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Recorded in 5 (7%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2024.
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