Widely recorded across the archipelago. The flight period is from June to October in two generations and can be seen where the larval food-plant, stinging nettles (Urtica dioica), grows.

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.