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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as pupa. Larvae July to September. Pupates among plant debris.

Larval foodplants

Mainly Rowan, occasionally Alder and birches..

Habitat

High and low altitude moorland, also open woodland.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862v for VC73 at Dalskairth by Lennon, in 1905 for VC74 at Corsemalzie by Gordon and in 1955 for VC72 at Tynron by Duncan.