See aslo Moth of the Week (31/05/2019)

Recording method

Files in sunshine and feeds in flowers such as buttercup, often in large numbers.

Life cycle

Larvae present July-April.  Adults May-July.

Larval foodplants

Cocksfoot, Tall Fescue or Meadow Fescue

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Abbey Burn Foot, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 30th May 1965 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Locharbriggs on 3rd April 1981 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen now at National Museums Scotland, with the Wigtownshire first being found at The Forest in late June 1989 by E. F. Hancock.