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

Identification

Usually distinctive..

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a larva. Larvae late August to early June. Pupates in a loose cocoon on the foodplant.

Larval foodplants

Hawthorn, Blackthorn, willows 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.