Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: April-May in a twig or catkin.  Adults: July-October.

Larval foodplants

Birch species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Kirkconnell, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 9th August 1977 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Blawbare, near Closeburn, during 2005, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Craighlaw, Kirkcowan, on 28th August 2009.