Common and well recorded across the islands but biased towards the south. On the wing from September to November over machair and sand-dunes. The larvae feed on hogweeds (Heracleum spp.) and angelica (Angelica sylvestris).

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.