Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Common Wave.

Recording method

Flies from dusk. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One protracted generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae June to October. Pupates amongst plant debris.

Larval foodplants

Birches, willows and Alder.

Habitat

Woodland and scrub.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862 for VC73 at Mabie Forest by Lennon, also in 1862 for VC72 near Dumfries by Lennon and in 1899 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon.