Identification

Unmistakable.

Recording method

Comes in small numbers to light.

Life cycle

Two generations. Overwinters as a pupa underground. Larvae are present mid-June to mid-July, again, September.

Larval foodplants

The flowers of Bramble, Dog-rose, Hawthorn, Elder, Goldenrod and Wild Angelica to name a few.

Habitat

Lowland woodland, farm 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 but not until 1995 for VC72 at Kirton by Richard earns.