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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording Method.

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Pupates in an underground cocoon. Larvae July to September. Flight season late May to July.

Larval foodplants

Grasses and sedges.

Habitat

The initial D&G records were in gardens. Otherwise mainly fens, marshes and wet heathland/moorland.

History

The first record for D&G (and Scotland) was one attracted to light at Kippford (VC73) on 2 July 2022. This was quickly followed by two further records at Blackcraig and Kirkcudbright (both VC73). Multiple subsequent records in VC73 and VC74.