First recorded in 2010 with just five records to date all from South Uist. It should be more common as the preferred habitat of boggy moorland is widespread. The food-plants are willows (Salix), bog-myrtle (Myrica gale) and occasionally birches (Betula spp.). Active from June to July.

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