Recording method

Can be disturbed from the foodplant.  Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present May-June, adults June-August

Larval foodplants

Broom, gorse or Dyer’s Greenweed.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found on Auchencairn Bay, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 27th August 2002, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Chippermore Point on 23rd July 2010, with the Dumfriesshire first being found at Heathhall Plantation on 31st July 2011.