Recording method

Occasionally comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: April-May in spun leaves and shoots.  Adults: May-August.

Larval foodplants

Rose species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at the Barony College, Dumfriesshire, on 9th July 1982 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Auchencairn Bay on 3rd July 2003, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Clanyard Bay on 21st June 1998.