Yorkshire Status: Very rare migrant/wanderer.

This poplar-feeding species is resident in East Anglia, counties north of London, and in some southern coastal areas. It occasionally turns up in other places and these moths are either migrants or wandering moths from further south. It was unknown in Britain until 1893. We have had three records as follows:

Grosmont 24/9/2006
Welwick 8/10/2012
North Ferriby 5/10/2019

	Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 3 (2%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2006.
Last Recorded in 2019.
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