A western distribution bias in Scotland with over forty records from the Outer Hebrides. On the wing from May to June over moorland. The main food-plants are bog myrtle (Myrica gale) and possibly birches (Betula spp.).

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.