Recording method

Will fly by day.

Life cycle

Larvae present September-April, adults June-July.

Larval foodplants

Heathers, Calluna and Erica spp

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at an unknown site in Wigtownshire by a person unknown prior to 1996 (MOGBI data), while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found in a car at Castle Douglas on 7th June 2000 (there is a possibility it was transported from near Dalry), with the Dumfriesshire first occurring in 2015.