Life cycle

Larvae present August-May, adults May-August.

Larval foodplants

Bird’s-foot-trefoil species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at an unknown site in Kirkcudbrightshire by a person unknown prior to 1996 (MOGBI data), while the first for Wigtownshire was of larvae found on Bird’s-foot Trefoil at Airyolland Lodge on Luce Bay on 24th April 2011.