Red List: Vulnerable (VU). GB Status: Local.

See also Moth of the Week (13/06/2024)

Identification

Care required, potential confusion with July Belle.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status

Recording Method

Easily disturbed by day. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a larva on the foodplant, feeding during mild weather. Larvae August to March. Pupates on foodplant or in plant debris.

Larval foodplants

Gorse, Broom, Petty Whin and Dyer’s Greenwood.

Habitat

In Scotland, inland sites on heather moorland.

History

Only recognised as a full species in the 1920s.  There is only  one record which has been accepted on to the D&G database. This was 5 to light at Terally Bay near Drummore (VC74). In The Larger Moths of Scotland 2024 Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. it states “Records in southern and western Scotland are regarded as unconfirmed….” and “It is found at inland sites on Heather moorland, with no confirmed coastal records.”