Widespread and common across our region. One of three species which are almost identical as adults and cannot reliably be separated at that stage, even by dissection. For acceptable records they need to be found as larvae on the correct food-plant, in this case Spindle Euonymus europaeus, and reared to the adult stage.

Verification Grade Comment: Occupied larval web or bred only

Recorded in 37 (47%) of 78 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1939. Last Recorded in 2022. (Data up to end 2022) Additional Stats

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