Life cycle

Mines: December-April.  Adults: May-July.

Larval foodplants

These grasses: Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis, False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius, Tall Fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus and Smaller Cat’s-tail Phleum bertolonii.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Netherlaw Point, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 7th May 1998, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Loch Fell (West Knowe), Moffat Hills on 11th July 2014.