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.