Life cycle

Larvae: June-August in a slight web on top of shoots, preferring flowers.  Adults: August-June.

Larval foodplants

Heather, Bell Heather, Cross-leaved Heath, Blaeberry, Cowberry, Lodgepole Pine, Sitka Spruce.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Glenluce, Wigtownshire, on 24th April 1954 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Kettleton on 17th October 1977 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen now at National Museums Scotland, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found at New Abbey during mid-October 2004.