Recording method

Comes to light

Life cycle

Larvae: September-June.  Adults: May-August.

Larval foodplants

Many herbaceous plants, occasionally other plants.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Kirkconnell, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 10th July 1977 by Sir Arthur Duncan, who found the first for Dumfriesshire at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish on 12th July 1977, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Torrs on 13th August 1983 by Duncan, all three specimens now at National Museums Scotland.