Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Nationally Scarce A (Na). BAP Priority Species.

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status.

Recording method

Attracted to light and to pheromone lures.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larva mid-April to early June. Pupates in a cocoon underground.

Larval foodplants

Mainly Ash in Scotland, Wild Privet further south.

Habitat

Open scrub or open woodland, rides and edges of woods, hedgerows.

History

The first record for D&G was one to light at Durisdeer (VC72) in May 2000 with another at the same site in April 2015.