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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Characteristic resting posture with wings closed.

Recording method

Easily disturbed by day. Flies from dusk.Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae late June to August. Pupates on the ground among plant debris.

Larval foodplants

Alder.

Habitat

Wet woodland and riverbanks.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1975 for VC73 at the Gatehouse of Fleet Rothamsted light trap and in 1994 for VC72 at Castle Loch, Lochmaben.