Red List: Near Threatened (NT). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording Method.

Attracted to light, also comes to sugar and flowers.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a larva. Larvae September to early June. Pupates in soil or leaf litter.

Larval foodplants

Various grasses, including Lyme Grass, Marram and Cock’s-foot.

Habitat

A wide range of grassland habitats.