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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording Method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation, possibly two.  Overwinters as a larva. Larvae September to April. Pupates near the ground in plant debris.

Larval foodplants

Docks, Common Sorrel, Knotgrass and other related plants.

Habitat

A wide range but particularly damp places with herb-rich vegetation.

History

The first possible record for Dumfries and Galloway was for VC72 from Lockerbie but the record lacks a specific date (between 1930-1981) or other details.  The first confirmed record was from VC73 in 2007 at Woodend, south-east of Dalbeattie with a second record from Auchencairn in the same year, both possible migrants.