First recorded on South Uist in 2013 with five subsequent records as of 2024. On the wing from May to July over urban areas, gardens, croft-land and coastal dunes. The larval food-plants are lichens, algae, hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and similar sub-shrubs.

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.