1659 - Yellow Horned Achlya flavicornis galbanus

Trapped - Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire -15th March 2004.
This species appears to be widely distributed and fairly common in local areas of Derbyshire. It occurs in the county wherever its larval food plant, Birch grows. However, it is found in larger numbers in areas of lowland birch woods in the Trent Valley. The orange antennae, from which the moth gets its name, are quite distinctive on the sub-species galbanus. On the wing from late February to mid-April.

Food Plant - Silver Birch and Downy Birch.