Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present May-July, August-October.  Mine is initially a gallery, leading to a blotch often occupied by more than one larva.  Later in a rolled leaf, or cone formed by folding the tip of the leaf downwards.  Adults fly March-October.

Larval foodplants

Ash, Privet and Lilac.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, on 18th June 1969 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the firsts for Dumfriesshire and Wigtownshire were found at unknown sites by persons unknown prior to 1985 (BRC/MOGBI data).