Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on damp heathland, mosses and bogs, in Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Norfolk and south-west Ireland. In Hampshire locally common in bogs in the New Forest, very local and occasional elsewhere. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 22-26 mm. Most like C. pascuella, from which distinguished by the median streak extending beyond subterminal line [Goater]. Larva feeds on Sedge.

Flightime guide
J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D