Recording method

Occasionally comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: April-June in a spun terminal shoot.  Adults: July.

Larval foodplants

Gorse species, Broom, Petty Whin, Dyer’s Greenweed, Bird’s-foot-trefoil species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Abbey Burn Foot, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 30th May 1965 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Caerlaverock on 30th May 1980, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Torrs on 15th April 1982, both by Sir Arthur Duncan, with both specimens at National Museums Scotland.