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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Small Wainscot and Small Dotted Buff.

Recording Method.

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a small larva. Larvae September to May feeding inside stems of the foodplant. Pupates low down in an old stem of the foodplant.

Larval foodplants

Jointed Rush, Sharp-flowered Rush and Soft-rush.

Habitat

Poorly drained pasture and bogs, but also fens and marshes.

History

There are previously unconfirmed records from BRC data of specimens supposed to be in the National Museums Scotland which we have been unable to locate. The first confirmed record came from Auchencairn Bay on 31st July 2011 with the second record eight years later to the day from an adjacent inland locality.