Recording method

Comes to light

Life cycle

Larvae: April-July under a folded leaf-edge or between spun leaves.  Adults: June-November.

Larval foodplants

Rose species, Rubus species (Brambles etc), Hawthorn species, Prunus species (cherry, plum Blackthorn etc), apple species, Salad Burnet.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Tynron, Dumfriesshire, on 16th September 1951 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen now at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found on Auchencairn Bay on 24th August 2002, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Portpatrick on 22nd August 1990.