Recording method

Comes freely to light.  Rests on trunks and fences.

Life cycle

Larvae present August-October.  Adults May-August.

Larval foodplants

Berries of hawthorn species or Common Whitebeam.

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 Dumfriesshire was found at Holywood on 19th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being trapped at MV light at Milton on 11th July 2013.