Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: July-April in a leaf spun into a pod.  Adults April-July.

Larval foodplants

Oak species, Beech, Sweet Chestnut or, occasionally, Birch species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was published in Stephens (1834) with the Rev. William Little recording it at Raehills, Dumfriesshire, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at an unknown site by a person unknown prior to 2010 (Scottish micro-moth data).