Common and widely distributed across the archipelago with a bias towards the southern islands. On the wing from June to August over a wide range of habitats. The larval food-plant is common hemp-nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit).

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.