Wingspan 14 to 24 mm. It is a fairly distinctive moth with rounded forewings and bright orange hindwings.

Gardens, parks etc.

Adults can be found on the wing in May and June and again in August and September.

The larvae feed on a wide variety of different plants.

An adventive species, first recorded in Britain on the south coast in 1905. Since then it has spread widely over a large part of the British Isles and is fairly common in some parts. In the Butterfly Conservation’s Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.

Quite common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident)