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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

Overwinters as a pupa.Larvae mid-August to mid-September. Pupates in paint debris or moss.

Larval foodplants

Sallows.

Habitat

Broadleaved damp woodland, but also fens and other marshy sites.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1910 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon, in 1979 for VC73 near Cordorcan Farm and in 1996 for VC72 at Castle Loch, Lochmaben.