Common and widely distributed in the islands. On the wing from April to September over heathland and moorland. The larval food-plant is heather (Calluna vulgaris).

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.