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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Figure of Eighty.

Recording Method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Larvae July to September. Overwinters as a pupa.

Larval foodplants

Aspen and other poplars.

Habitat

Broadleaved woodland with Aspen.

History

The first for D&G was trapped at Kirkton (VC72) on 11th July 1994.