Identification

Broad white longitudinal stripe that is broken by a dark brown streak.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Flight period

Late June-August.

Larval foodplants

Wetland grasses and sedges.

Habitat

Wetlands, heathland and other damp habitats.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire, in August 1902 by K. J. Morton, the specimen now at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Dumfriesshire was trapped at Kirkton on 9th July 1998. No records from Wigtownshire.