Fairly common and well distributed across the archipelago. On the wing from May to August in mountain and moorland habitats. The larvae feed on heather (Calluna vulgaris) and bell heather (Erica cinerea) and cross-leaved heather (Erica tetralix).

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.