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

See also Moth of the Week (01/11/2019)

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status.

Recording method

Adults can be found hibernating in caves, mines, disused buildings, culverts etc. Attracted to light in small numbers.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as an adult, reappearing in April through to May. Larvae May to early July.

Larval foodplants

Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn, both of which are rare in the region.

Habitat

Woodland, scrub and hedgerows.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862 for VC72 at the Crichton Institution, Dumfries by Lennon, in 1897 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon, but not until 2004 for VC73 at Merrick.