Surprisingly scarce given its preferred habitat of acid moorland and heathland. Active from May to July. Moorland plants including bog myrtle (Myrica gale) and bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) are used by 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.