A common coastal species in the Outer Hebrides, biased towards the southern islands. The flight period is May to August over open spaces such as machair and sand-dunes. The larval food-plants are herbaceous including common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea) and common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).

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.