Identification

A darker veneer with a broken longitudinal streak and pale streak along the top.

Recording method

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

Flight period

Late May-July.

Larval foodplants

Grasses.

Habitat

Heathland and moorland.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found on the Bennan, near Merrick, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 28th June 2009, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found on Tarras Rig on 1st July 2011. No records from Wigtownshire.