Identification

Distinctive white-edged black spots along the outer edge of the forewing.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Flight period

April-September

Larval foodplants

Grasses and farmed grains. Not known to breed in the UK.

Habitat

Grassland.

History

First for Scotland and Dumfries & Galloway was caught at a window at The Crichton Institution in Dumfries on 6th September 1865 by William Lennon and later verified by H. G. Knaggs. It was the third record for Great Britain (Trans. Dumf. & Gall. Nat. Hist. Antiq. Soc. (Series 1) 4: 14).