Identification

Usually distinctive.

Life cycle

Two or more generations abroad. Not known to overwinter in Britain. Larvae have been found in Britain July to September. Pupates in a cocoon attached to the foodplant.

Larval foodplants

Common Fleabane and Ploughman’s-spikenard.

Habitat

Asa migrant could appear anywhere but perhaps more likely at coastal sites.

History

The first was for D&G was found by Robin Knill-Jones at Parkgate, Dumfriesshire on 10th July 1982 (R. F. Bretherton & J. M. Chalmers-Hunt, Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var. 95: 89, 149).

The second was trapped at Clanyard Mill, Drummore, Wigtownshire, on 20th June 1998, and now resides at the National Museums Scotland (B. Skinner & G. A. Collins, Ent. Rec. and Journ. Var. 112: 246).