Recording method

May be beaten from the foodplant.  Flies at night and comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present March-April in a flowering shoot.  Adults May-July.

Larval foodplants

Blackthorn.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Torrs Heughs, Sandyhills, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 7th July 2001, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Philip & Mary on 4th June 2011.