Common across the archipelago. On the wing from June to September over machair, scrub, gardens and hedgerows. Numerous herbaceous food-plants are used including common knapweed (Centaurea nigra), plantains (Plantago spp.) and brambles in the family Rosaceae.

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