Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: August-May in the roots and underground stem.  Adults: June-September.

Larval foodplants

Marsh Woundwort; occasionally on Spear Mint or possibly Hedge Woundwort.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Killantringan Lighthouse, Wigtownshire, on 24th August 1914 by the keeper D. A. Mowat, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish on 8th July 1976 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found near Dalry on 26th July 2001.