Life cycle

Larvae present September-May, adults June-September.

Larval foodplants

Goosefoot Chenopodium species, Grass-leaved Orache, Sea Purslane.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found on Auchencairn Bay, Kirkcudbrightshire, during 2002, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Port of Counan on 21st July 2006 during a ‘Grey Daggers’ Moth Group field meeting, with the Dumfriesshire first being trapped at Kirkton on 19th July 2011.