An attractive carpet that is widespread and relatively common across the archipelago. Found in a wide range of habitats from July to August. The form obscurata is abundant on machair. Bedstraws (Galium spp.) are the food-plants of the larvae.

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.