Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae June-August, September-May.  Adults: May-December.

Larval foodplants

Decaying leaves, dead insects, seeds, berries, stored apples etc.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Powfoot, Dumfriesshire, on 5th July 1997, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Mullock Bay on 22nd August 2003, both found during a ‘Grey Daggers’ Moth Group field meetings, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Torrs Warren on 26th June 2005 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering.