Rare in the Outer Hebrides with just two records from the same site on South Uist in 2013. On the wing from May to August over scrub, gardens and hedgerows. Numerous herbaceous food-plants are used including common knapweed (Centaurea nigra), stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

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