Identification

Unmistakable.

Recording method

Comes to lighted windows and light traps.

Life cycle

The extended flight period probably includes two or three generations of the year. Overwinters as a larva from late August to early June.

Larval foodplants

Hawthorn, Blackthorn and Black Currant.

Habitat

Gardens, hedgerows and woodland.

History

First recorded in Dumfries and Galloway in 1869 for VC72 near Dumfries by Lennon, in 1870 for VC73 in Colvend parish by White, and 1895 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon.