Identification

A greyish-brown moth with distinctive square-shaped white spots.

Recording method

Attracted to light. Often disturbed in the field.

Flight period

May-September.

Larval foodplants

A wide range of herbacous plants.

Habitat

Many habitats.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Tynron, Dumfriesshire, on 9th July 1943 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Newton Stewart on 16th June 1990, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found at Bargaly Lodge on 9th June 1992.