Recording method

Rests on tree trunks.  Can be disturbed from bushes; flies from dusk and comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae feed May-June either a) in a spinning amongst the shoots or leaves; or b) in a fold on the edge of a leaf; or c) in female catkins.  Adults June-August.

Larval foodplants

Willows, most frequently Goat Willow or Grey Willow.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Kenmure Holms, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 22nd June 1996 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Castle Loch LNR, Lochmaben, on 13th August 1997.