Recording method

Seed-heads which are still visible in spring nearly always contain larvae or pupae.

Life cycle

Larvae present July-April, feeding on the seeds, spinning the seed-head to nearby vegetation before winter.  Adults fly May.

Larval foodplants

Cotton Grass species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Kirkconnell, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 28th May 1977 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at an unknown site by a person unknown prior to 1993 (SNH data).