Recording method

Comes to light

Life cycle

Larvae: June-August, at first in a slight web on the underside of a leaf, later living in a chamber between spun leaves from which it feeds on the surrounding foliage.  Adults: August-May.

Larval foodplants

Beech, Sycamore, Field Maple, Hornbeam.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire, on 27th September 1970 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen now at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Portling on 25th August 1976, also by Sir Arthur Duncan and the specimen at National Museums Scotland, with the Wigtownshire first being found at the Mull of Galloway RSPB Reserve on 18th September 1998 during a ‘Grey Daggers’ Moth Group field meeting.