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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a larva. Larvae August to May. Pupates in loose earth.

Larval foodplants

Unknown in the wild.

Habitat

Woodland, hedgerows, gardens and rough grassland.

History

First recorded in Dumfries and Galloway in 1863 by Lennon near Sandyknowe (VC72) and by Buchanan White in 1895 in Colvend parish (VC73).  Since then, the majority of records have been in the coastal areas to the south of Dalbeattie.