Recording method

Occurs in nurseries, parks and gardens.

Life cycle

Larvae present May-June, August-September, first in a gallery mine, then in a blotch mine, finally in a cone constructed by rolling a leaf downwards from the tip.  Adults April-June, July-November.

Larval foodplants

Azaleas (Rhododendron simsii, R. indicum etc).

History

First record for Dumfries and Galloway was an adult attracted to MV light in Annan on 29 August 2016.