Recording method

Occasionally comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: October-April in the rootstock.  Adults: May-August.

Larval foodplants

Yarrow, Tansy, possibly Sneezewort.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Livingstone, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 21st July 1963 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Barony College, Parkgate, on 9th July 1982 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Corsemalzie House Hotel, near Mochrum, on 27th June 1988 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton.