A common species in Scotland but scarce in the Outer Hebrides. On the wing from June to August in woodland, scrub and established gardens. The larval food-plants are, birches (Betula spp.), hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), alder (Alnus glutinosa), willows (Salix spp.) and others.

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.