Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as an egg on the foodplant. Larvae April to June. Pupates just below the ground.

Larval foodplants

A wide variety of broadleaved trees.

Habitat

Mainly broadleaved woodland, but also parks and gardens.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862 for VC73 near Terregles by Lennon who stated that it was ‘not very common’, in 1898 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon and in 1946 for VC72 at Tynron by Duncan.