Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: April-June in spun terminal leaves.  Adults: July-October.

Larval foodplants

Willow species, Bog Myrtle and Lodgepole Pine.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Locharbriggs, Dumfriesshire, on 29th July 1983 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Cleugh SSSI on 22nd June 1996 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering.