Widespread and common throughout Britain but currently just four records from South Uist, as of 2024. Found in heathland, waste ground and woodland edges from May to late September in two generations. The larvae feed on the leaves of rosebay willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium).

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