Identification

Distinctive straw coloured c shape at the rear of the forewings.

Recording method

Attracted to light. Commonly disturbed from vegetation in the field.

Flight period

Late May-early September

Larval foodplants

Grasses.

Habitat

Grasslands.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Monreith, Wigtownshire, during July 1899 by K. J. Morton, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Tynron on 2nd June 1951 by Sir Arthur Duncan, who also found the Kirkcudbrightshire first at Portling on 17th June 1971, both specimens at National Museums Scotland.