Scarce, first recorded on South Uist in 2009 with a few subsequent records. There is a 1959 record from St. Kilda. Active from June to September in predominantly coast sites. Several, coastal food-plants are used including ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).

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