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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Mottled Grey.

Recording method

Can be found by day on tree trunks and fence posts. Flies at dusk. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae May to July.

Larval foodplants

Alder, birches, Honeysuckle and sallows.

Habitat

Broadleaved woodland, fens and scrubby heathland.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862 for VC72 at Tinwald Downs, Dumfries by Lennon, in 1911 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon and in 1970 for VC73 at Glentrool Village.