Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: ?August-June in a silken tube among the roots or under stones.  Adults: July-September in Scotland, elsewhere in the UK June-August.

Larval foodplants

Many herbaceous plants including Alpine Bistort.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Moffat, Dumfriesshire, during 1858 by Alexander Somerville, while the first for Wigtownshire was found near Monreith during July 1899 by K. J. Morton, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found at Carsphairn on 6th August 1976 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton.