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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Flies from dusk. Attracted to light.

Life Cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae late June to late August. Pupates in plant debris.

Larval foodplants

Blackthorn and Hawthorn, possibly roses.

Habitat

Woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway as recently as 1997 for VC73 in Cally Woods, Gatehouse by Peter Norman, in 2006 for VC74 at Forest Moor by  A W Ewing, and in 2009 for VC72 at Caerlaverock by Richard Mearns.