Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae and adults present all year round.

Larval foodplants

Most wild and cultivated herbaceous plants, shrubs and deciduous & coniferous trees.

History

An adventive that first arrived in Cornwall during the 1930s; it has since moved steadily northwards.

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 30th July 2005, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Milton Point on 4th June 2011, with the Dumfriesshire first being found at Racks Moss, Collin on 18th June 2014.