Life cycle

Larvae: July-April in a rolled leaf or spun terminal shoot.  Adults: May-June.

Larval foodplants

Bog Myrtle, Blaeberry, Goldenrod, possibly other herbaceous plants, also conifers.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found in Ae Forest, Dumfriesshire, on 22nd May 1957, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found near Loch Mackie on 30th May 1965 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton.