Identification

Unmistakable. Due to its rarity status a specimen or quality photo required for record acceptance.

Recording method

Can be Disturbed during the day from lower branches of alder, comes to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa, close to the ground. Larvae are present from late July to September.

Larval foodplants

Alder and Sycamore.

Habitat

Riverine scrub areas, hedgerows and broadleaved woodland.

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.