Identification

Bold white lateral streak broken by dark brown bands and has a broken c shape on the lower wings.

Recording method

Attracted to light

Flight period

Late June-September

Larval foodplants

Mosses, especially Wall Screw-moss (Tortula muralis).

Habitat

A wide range of mossy habitats

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Holywood, Dumfriesshire, on 19th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Mersehead RSPB on 6th August 1996, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Newton Stewart on 25th July 2012.