Well distributed across the islands. The flight period is from May to August in woodland and wet scrub. The larval food-plants are willows (Salix spp.) and poplars (Populus spp.).

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.