A local distribution in northern Scotland and rarely recorded in the Outer Hebrides. Uses a wide range of habitats including moorland and sand-dunes. Larval food-plants include bedstraws (Galium spp.) and wild carrot (Daucus carota).

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.