Red List: Vulnerable (VU). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Barred Straw and Northern Spinach.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status.

Recording method

Flies from dusk. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as an egg on its foodplant. Larvae April to May. Pupates among spun leaves on the foodplant or on the ground.

Larval foodplants

Black Currant and Red Currant.

Habitat

Lowland gardens and woodland.

History

The first record for Dumfries and Galloway was in 1820 from VC72 at Raehills, St. Ann’s by Little, in 1906 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon and in 1976 for Bridge of Dee, west of Castle Douglas in the Rothamsted light trap there.