Identification

The large blackish squares on the costa should aid ID.

Recording method

Attracted to light and sugar. Can be found in the field on tree trunks.

Flight period

July-August.

Larval food

Mosses and lichens.

Habitat

Woodland and habitats with trees.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Corsemalzie, Wigtownshire, on 6th July 1898 by the Gordon brothers, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Barony College, Parkgate, on 9th July 1982 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found on Auchencairn Bay on 19th July 2002.