Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Nationally Scarce B (Nb).

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status.

Recording Method.

Attracted to light, also comes to sugar and flowers.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a small larva. Larvae August to late-May. Pupates in sand.

Larval foodplants

Marram.

Habitat

Coastal sand-dunes and beaches.

History

First recorded in D&Gat Sandhead on 23rd June 1972 (BRC data). Another was found at Stranraer on 9th July 1977. During late July 1984 three specimens were caught at Torrs Warren by Sir Arthur Duncan and now reside at National Museums Scotland. All from Wigtownshire (VC74).

Has since been found in Kirkcudbrightshire (VC73).