Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Oak Hook-tip.

Recording Method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

Two generations. Overwinters as a pupa in a white cocoon within a curled Beech leaf.

Larval foodplants

Beech.

Habitat

Beech woodlands.

History

The first for D&G and for Scotland was one to light at Auchencairn (VC73) on 30 July 2023. This was followed by a further nine records in VC72, VC73 and VC74 the same year.  The species has since spread rapidly across the region.