Red List: Near Threatened (NT). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Flies from dusk and visits flowers such as ragworts. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae September to October. Pupates in loose earth.

Larval foodplants

Flowers and leaves of Yarrow and Sneezewort.

Habitat

A wide variety of open and woodland habitats.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1870 for VC73 in Colvend parish by White, in 1898 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon and in 1936 for VC72 at Closeburn by Duncan.