A fairly common species recorded across the archipelago. On the wing from August to September over moorland. The main food-plants are heather (Calluna vulgaris) and bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).

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.