Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present October-April in a frass-covered tube attached to the leaves.  Adults June-September.

Larval foodplants

Decaying leaves; also found in birds’ nests, decaying coniferous wood and old cobwebs.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire, on 2nd August 1979 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Kirkconnell Flow NNR on 10 July 1982 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton.