A common species across the archipelago favouring heathland and woodland. On the wing from July to August. The main food-plants are bedstraws (Galium spp.).

References: 
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.