Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present October-April.  Larva starts in a bud then moves to a male catkin in which it overwinters.  Adults May-August.

Larval foodplants

Birch species or Common Alder.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Beattock, Dumfriesshire, on 21st July 1963 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Kirkconnell on 2nd July 1977 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, with the Wigtownshire first being found at The Forest in late June 1989 by E. F. Hancock.