Well represented across the archipelago. This species can be found around cliffs and rocky coastal hillsides from June to September. The larval food-plants include harebells (Campanula rotundifolia), biting stonecrop (Sedum acre), saxifrages (Saxifraga spp.) and sheep's-fescue (Festuca ovina).

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.