Recording method

Sometimes comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present April-May in a shoot.  Adults May-September.

Larval foodplants

Dwarf Cherry Prunus cerasus, Wild Cherry Prunus avium or cultivated cherry.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Barony College, Parkgate, Dumfriesshire, on 9th July 1982 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Castramont Wood SWT Reserve on 4th August 1997, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Castle Loch, Mochrum on 9th August 2013.