Identification

A distinctive slender sandy coloured moth.

Recording method

Attracted to light. Commonly disturbed in the field.

Flight period

May-September.

Larval food

Sandhill grasses, including Marram (Ammophila arenaria).

Habitat

Sand dunes.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Monreith, Wigtownshire, during July 1899 by K. J. Morton, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Mersehead RSPB on 20th July 1996 during a ‘Grey Daggers’ Moth Group field meeting. No records from Dumfriesshire.