A common species with numerous records from the southern islands. The flight period is late April to end of September over grassland. The larval food-plant is numerous grass species including creeping bent (Agrostis stolonifera), false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius) and creeping soft-grass (Holcus mollis).

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