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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Can be disturbed by day. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae  late July to September. Pupates close to the ground.

Larval foodplants

Alder and Sycamore.

Habitat

Broadleaved woodland, riverside scrub.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862 for VC73 at Dalskairth by Lennon but not until 1976 for VC72 in Kirkmahoe parish by Duncan.