Recording method

Rests on walls during the day.  Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae February-April on moss growing on walls.  Adults: June-September.

Larval foodplants

Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, on 3rd August 1997, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found on Auchencairn Bay on 28th July 2004, with the Dumfriesshire first being found at Canonbie during 2016.