Identification

Distinguished by is pale apperance and brown markings.

Recording method

Attracted to light. Commonly disturbed in the field.

Flight period

June-July.

Larval foodplants

Recorded from Ribwort Plantain (Plantago major) leaves but likley found on other dead leaves.

Habitat

Grassland and brown field sites.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Alticry House, Wigtownshire, on 20th July 1899 by the Gordon brothers, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish on 29th June 1971 by Sir Arthur Duncan, who found the Kirkcudbrightshire first at Southerness on 30th June 1980, both specimens at National Museums Scotland.