Recording method

Can be beaten from the foodplant.  Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present September-May.  The larva mines the apical half of a needle, making 1-2 holes to eject frass.  Hibernates in the needle, then bores into buds and shoots, making small white webs among the needles.  Adults fly June-August.

Larval foodplants

Scots Pine.  Less frequently, Larch and Lodgepole Pine.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at the Corsemalzie House Hotel, near Mochrum, Wigtownshire, on 27th June 1988 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Mersehead RSPB on 26th June 2009.