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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Toadflax Pug.

Recording method

Adults can be disturbed by day from foxgloves, comes readily to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae  July to mid-August. Pupates in loose earth.

Larval foodplants

Foxglove, feeding inside the flower especially on the stamens.

Habitat

A wide variety of habitats where the foodplant grows.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1870 for VC73 in Colvend parish by White, in 1898 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon, and in 1951 for VC72 at Tynron by Duncan.