Red List: Endangered (EN). GB Status: Local..

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Photo required for record acceptance due to rarity status.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as an egg. Larvae mid-April to mid-June. Pupates in a cocoon amongst the leaves of the foodplant.

Larval foodplants

Black Currant, Gooseberry and Red Currant.

Habitat

Allotments and gardens mainly.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862 for VC72 near Dumfries by Lennon who found it ‘common everywhere around the Dumfries area’, in 1898 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon but not until 1979 for VC73 at Bridge of Dee by Keith Bland.