Common throughout Britain and well represented in the Outer Hebrides. It frequents scrub, hedgerows and orchards flying in late July to October (but several other months in Britain). Food-plants include hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and fruit trees.

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