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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

Two generations. Overwinters as a pupa underground. Larvae June to July and again September.

Larval foodplants

The flowers of various plants including Bramble, Dog-rose, Hawthorn, Elder, Goldenrod and Wild Angelica .

Habitat

Lowland woodland, hedgerows, urban parks and gardens.

History

The first record for Dumfries and Galloway was not until 1974 for VC73 at the Gatehouse of Fleet Rothamsted light trap, in 1976 for VC74 at the Rothamsted light trap at Newton Stewart and 1995 for VC72 at Kirkton.