Red List: Near Threatened (NT). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording Method.

Attracted to light, also comes to flowers.

Life cycle

Probably two generations. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae July to late September. Pupates just below ground.

Larval foodplants

Hawkweeds, hawk’s-beards, sow thistles and related plants.

Habitat

Coastal dunes and shingle, rough grassland and occasionally gardens.

History

First record came from Irvine House Lodge, Auchenrivock (VC72), 16th June 1974. Followed by the only Rothamsted record, which was at the Bridge of Dee (VC73) site and was caught on 10th June 1976.

Most of our records are from Kirkton between 1993-2002. Other sites are Carsfad, near Dalry, and Lochfoot (both VC73) and the only Wigtonshire record was trapped at Monreith on 31st July 2005.