Recording method

May be attracted to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present September-June, adults June-August.

Larval foodplants

Mugwort, Wormwood, Yarrow, Oxeye Daisy, Tansy.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was of a few cases found on Achillea at Ravenshall Point, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 23rd June 1988 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering.