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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Green Pug.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as an egg on Blackthorn. Larvae late March toApril. Pupates in plant debris on the ground.

Larval foodplants

Blackthorn flowers.

Habitat

Scrub, woodland edges and old hedgerows.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1998 for VC73 at Abbey Burn Foot by Colin Plant.