Recording method

Comes to light

Life cycle

Larvae: June-August in a neat tube of leaves spun round a stem.  Adults: August-April.

Larval foodplants

Bog Myrtle.  Also Meadowsweet, White Poplar, Goat Willow or Labrador-tea.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at an unknown site in Kirkcudbrightshire by a person unknown prior to 1993 (SNH data), while the first for Wigtownshire was also found at an unknown site by a person unknown prior to 2010 (Scottish micro-moth data). This could be one and the same record from a site close to the border with the two VCs. However, there are further records from the two counties mentioned.