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

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording method

Comes to light in small numbers.

Life cycle

Two generations, the second generation being smaller than the first.  Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae June to July and September to October.

Larval foodplants

Dogwood, Guelder-rose, Hawthorn, Holly and Ivy.

Habitat

Broadleaved woodland, hedgerows, parkland and gardens.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1862 for VC72 at Tinwald Downs, Dumfries by Lennon who stated it was ‘not common’, in 1976 for VC74 at the Newton Stewart Rothamsted light trap and in 1977 for VC73 at the Bridge of Dee Rothamsted light trap.