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

Identification

Usually distinctive..

Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larva mid-June to mid-August. Pupates underground.

Larval Foodplants

Mainly Hazel but also Downy and Silver Birch, Hawthorn and some sallows.

Habitat

Mainly ancient woodland.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862 for VC72 at Tinwald Downs, Dumfries by Lennon, but not until 1967 for VC74 at the Wood of Cree by Pelham-Clinton and in 1974 for VC73 at Sandyhills by Ford.