Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: September-June, in autumn grazing the underside of a leaf under a frass-covered tube, in spring either in a shoot or spun leaves or, if on poplar or willow, in the catkins.  Adults: May-September.

Larval foodplants

Hawthorn species, Oak species, Poplar species, Hazel, Willow species.  Sometimes Sycamore.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Kippford, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 8th July 2005, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Courance on 1st August 2012.