A scarce coastal species with just a handful of records. The main flight period is from May to July over machair and coastal habitats. The larvae feed on the seedpods of campions (Silene spp.), and rock sea-spurrey (Spergularia rupicola).

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.