Rare. First confirmed record from Lewis in 2022, although there is an earlier unpublished record from 2009 also from Lewis. A second record occurred in South Uist in 2023. A woodland species using brambles (Rubus spp.) as the larval food-plant.

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.