First recorded in the Outer Hebrides in 2010 with a few subsequent records from the southern islands. The flight period is June to September mainly associated with the food-plants, conifers. These include the typical plantation species, Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis). Also, larches (Larix spp.), which are used as boundary trees in commercial plantations.

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