Recording method

Comes to light.  Male flies in morning sun.  Can be disturbed during the day in mild weather.  Sometimes rests on tree-trunks.

Life cycle

Larvae present till April in a silken tube (it is not known when larvae start to appear).  Adults June-August.

Larval foodplants

Various mosses.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Kettleton, Dumfriesshire, on 13th July 1977 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland.