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

Identification

Usually distinctive..

Recording Method.

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Larvae July to October. Overwinters as a pupa in an underground cocoon.

Larval foodplants

Larvae feed on Bramble, Dewberry and possibly Raspberry.

Habitat

Open woodland and scrub.

History 

Not recorded in MOGBI. Cunningham (1949-50) however, had recorded it in the Transactions where it was stated that Sir Arthur Duncan caught a series of this moth in July, 1935, at Gilchristland (VC72), there being only one other Scottish record at that point, which was from Gourock.

Since then there are records for 1999 which were from a coastal location near Ravenshall Point, and also nearby at Kirkmabreck in 2007. It was also trapped at Carsluith in July 2006 and July 2007.