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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status.

Recording Method

Attracted to light occasionally. Larval webs can be relatively easily found.

Life cycle

One generation. Larvae April to July. Overwinters as a pupa, in a cocoon close to the ground. Often passes two or three winters before emerging.

Larval foodplants

Larvae feed mainly on Blackthorn and Hawthorn, but also elms, Apple and Grey Willow.

Habitat

Hedgerows and scrub.

History 

Only one record. Lennon (1863) had found it at Lochaber, close to Mabie Forest (VC73), but stated that it was not common.