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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Can be disturbed from sallows from dusk. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as an egg. Larvae  early May to mid-July. Pupates among leaves

Larval foodplants

Willows, poplars, Alder and Hazel.

Habitat

Damp woodland and scrub.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway as recently as 1976 when in was found in the Rothamsted light traps in VC74 at Penninghame House, in VC73 at Bridge of Dee and in VC72 at Caerlaverock.