Well distributed across Scotland with the Outer Hebrides records coming from a small area of South Uist and, more recently, from Lewis. On the wing from June to August over grassland scrub and marshy habitats. The larval food-plants are thistles in the family Asteraceae.

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