Not common with a few sightings from South Uist and Eriskay. On the wing from May to August in wet moorland and heathland. Food-plants include bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), willows (Salix) and birches (Betula).

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.