Recording method

Occasionally comes to light

Life cycle

Larvae: September-April in the roots.  Adults: May-August.

Larval foodplants

Common Knapweed, probably other knapweeds and Field Scabious.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Monreith, Wigtownshire, during July 1899 by K. J. Morton, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Kirkconnell on 31st July 1977 by Sir Arthur Duncan, who also found the first for Dumfriesshire at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish on 7th August 1977, all three specimens now at National Museums Scotland.