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

See also Moth of the Week (29/03/2020)

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae May to July. Pupates underground.

Larval foodplants

Alder, Aspen, elms, Hazel, oaks and sallows to name a few.

Habitat

Mature oak woodland.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1942 for VC72 at Tynron by Duncan, and 1975 for VC73 at Gatehouse of Fleet in the Rothamsted light trap and 1976 for VC74 at the light trap at Penninghame House.