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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Common Pug.

Recording method

Flioes at dusk and can be found on the flowers of the foodplant. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae  July to mid-August. Pupates in plant debris.

Larval foodplants

Common Valerian, feeding on the flowers and ripening seeds.

Habitat

Mainly fens and other wet open ground. Also damp woodland.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1984 for VC73 near New Galloway by West, then in 2012 for VC72 at Couranceand in 2012 for VC74 near Stranraer.