Identification

Variable but usually recognisable by its generally dark appearance with a broad darker band along the distal edge of the pale antemedian line. The pale postmedian line is usually distinct against the dark ground colour.

Recording method

Attracted to light. Often disturbed in the field.

Flight period

June-September.

Larval foodplants

Mosses.

Habitat

Many habitats.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire, on 25th September 1970 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Portpatrick on 21st August 1990, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found at Bargaly Lodge on 9th June 1992.