D&G status uncertain at present. Rare.

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status.

Recording Method

Flies by day.  Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a larva. Larvae August to May.

Larval foodplants

Mainly Common Comfrey but also Hemp Agrimony, Nettle, Bramble, sallows, Honeysuckle and Meadowsweet.

Habitat

Coastal areas, fens, marshes and gardens.

History 

The first record for Scotland was found at Barnbarroch (VC73), on a potato plant in late June 1997. Belatedly reported to Dumfries & Galloway Environmental Resources Centre in July 2006. A photograph of the specimen hangs in reception at the Kippford Holiday Park. Rumours abounded that an unknown person brought some over from the continent and released them, but there no proof of this.

It has been accepted onto the Scottish Macro Moth List as an adventive.