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

Identification

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

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae late June to early August. Pupates on bark or in loose earth.

Larval foodplants

Mature Hawthorn and Pedunculate Oak.

Habitat

Mature woodland, shelterbelts and hedgerows.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway as recently as 2002 at Auchencairn Bay (VC73)  and in 2008  at Caerlaverock (VC72).