Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: August-May in a flower-head.  Adults: May-September.

Larval foodplants

Various thistles, Common Knapweed.

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 near Monreith during July 1899 by K. J. Morton, specimens at National Museums Scotland, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found at Twynholm on 13th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet.