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.