Recording Method

Flies in sunshine, especially in the morning.  Occasionally comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae May-September, adults April-May.

Larval foodplants

Birch species, Hornbeam, Hazel, apple species, lime species.  Occasionally Common Alder or Italian Alder.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found in High Camer Wood, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 28th May 1967 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the first for Wigtownshire was found of larvae found at Torrs Warren on 26th June 2005 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering, with the Dumfriesshire first being found at Longbridgemuir on 19th April 2014.