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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Small Rivulet.

Recording method

Flies from dusk. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

Often partial second generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae  July to early September.Pupates underground.

Larval foodplants

The flowers and seeds of Red Campion.

Habitat

Open woodland, scrub, hedgerows and other habitats where the foodplant is found.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1820 for VC72 at Raehills by Little, in 1870 for VC73 in Colvend parish by White and in 1899 for VC74 near Monreith by Morton.