Identification

Thick and straight white longitudinal streak with pale hind wings.

Recording method

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

Flight period

June-early August.

Larval foodplants

Grasses.

Habitat

Grassland.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Monreith, Wigtownshire, during July 1899 by K. J. Morton, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Colvend on 8th July 1951, with the Dumfriesshire first being found at Lochar on 28th June 1974, both by Sir Arthur Duncan, with both specimens at National Museums Scotland.