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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Can be disturbed by day. Flies from dusk. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

Two overlapping generations. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae  mid-June to late September. Pupates in loose earth.

Larval foodplants

The flowers of Heather.

Habitat

Heathland and moorland.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862 at Dalskairth by Lennon, in 1899 for VC74 near Monreith by Morton and in 1944 for VC72 at Tynron by Duncan.