Identification

Markings can vary in intensity but are distinctive.

Recording method

Attracted to light and commonly disturbed from vegetation in the field.

Flight period

May-early September.

Larval foodplants

Bur-reeds (Spharganium spp.), Yellow Water-lily (Nuphar lutea) and other water plants.

Habitat

Lochs, ponds, rivers and other freshwater habitats.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Corsemalzie, Wigtownshire, on 6th July 1897 by the Gordon brothers, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Tynron on 19th July 1943 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums of Scotland, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found at Bargaly Lodge on 30th June 1992.