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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

Overwinters as a pupa. Larva August to September. Pupates in loose earth.

Larval foodplants

Ripening seedheads of oraches and goosefoots.

Habitat

A wide variety of habitats including saltmarshes, estuaries, coastal cliffs and open ground on lighter soils.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1870 for VC73 in Colvend parish by White but the only recent record was in 2011 for VC74 for Luce Bay.