Morley's Final Catalogue: Certainly extremely local, apparently confined to southern half of our coast. 'Rare; bred from larvae at Aldeburgh by Dr. Hele': ante 1890. Once found abundantly by smoking grass-roots on sandhills at Shingle-Street in Hollesley on 4 June 1906 (Revd. A.P. Wlr); and taken there in 1905 (G.P. Hope).
Recent Suffolk Status: Extinct in the county.
Life history: Single-brooded in the summer. Flight time is getting earlier in recent years.
Identification: Unmistakable.
Habitat: Coastal. | Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required. | |
Recorded in 1 (2%) of 58 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1905. Last Recorded in 1906. |