Recording method

Comes to light.  May be beaten from cover in autumn or winter.

Life cycle

Larvae present June-July. Larva at first mines a leaf, then, if on a thistle, feeds under a web on the underside of the leaf; if on knapweed or Saw-wort, rolls a leaf into a tube.  Adults September-July.

Larval foodplants

Knapweed, thistles, burdock, Saw-wort.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 10th May 2001.