Identification

Identified by a plain greyish-creamy central wing portion. Darker variants occur and may require dissection for confident identification.

Recording method

Attracted to light. Can be disturbed in the field.

Flight period

Late June-early August.

Larval foodplants

Mosses.

Habitat

Many habitats.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Garheugh, Wigtownshire, on 5th July 1906 by the Gordon brothers, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Closeburn on 12th August 1970 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found at Bargaly Lodge on 25th August 1992.