Life cycle

Mines November-May; adults June-August.

Larval foodplants

Grasses: Cocks-foot Dactylis, also False Brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at an unknown site in Kirkcudbrightshire by a person unknown prior to 1996 (MOGBI data).