Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: August-May in the seeds, sometimes burrowing into the stem.  Adults: May-September.

Larval foodplants

Common Ragwort.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was published in Stephens (1834) with the Rev. William Little recording it at Raehills, Dumfriesshire, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Torrs on 13th August 1983 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found near Dalry on 26th July 2001.