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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Rivulet.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae July to early September. Pupates underground

Larval foodplants

The flowers and seeds of Common Hemp-nettle.

Habitat

A wide variety of habitats.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1820 in VC72 at Raehills by Little, in 1862 for VC73 near Dalskairth by Lennon and in 1899 for VC74 near Montreith by Morton.