Recording method

Occasionally comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: July-April feeding at ground level.  Adults: May-July.

Larval foodplants

Bell Heather, Heather, Bearberry,

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Kirkconnell, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 20th August 1977 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Carsegowan Moss on 23rd June 1996 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering, with the Dumfriesshire first being found on Racks Moss on 26th May 2014.