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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a small larva on its foodplant. Larvae September to late May. Pupates on the ground among conifer needles and plant debris.

Larval Foodplants

Mainly Scots Pine and Norway Spruce, also other conifers including Larch and Western Hemlock.

Habitat

Native pine forest, conifer plantations, parks, gardens and other sites with conifers.

History

Firs recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1860 for VC72 near Dumfries by Lennon,  in 1877 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon, in 1970 for VC73 at Silver Flowe by Hulme.