Common and widespread across the islands. The flight period is June to August over moorland, heathland, gardens and scrub. The larvae feed on a large range of herbaceous plants including stinging nettles (Urtica dioica), common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and honeysuckle (‎Lonicera periclymenum).

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.