Recording method

Comes to light.  Rests on tree trunks and can be swept from ferns.

Life cycle

Mines: September-April.  Adults: April-July.

Larval foodplants

Many grasses of the Poacaea family, especially Cock’s-foot Dactylis, Fescue Festuca species and Creeping  Soft-grass Holcus molllis.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was trapped at Changue Port on Luce Bay, Wigtownshire, on 9th August 2013.