Recording method

Occasionally comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: April-May, July, in a spun terminal shoot.  Adults: May-July, July-September.

Larval foodplants

St John’s-wort species, especially Perforate St John’s-wort, Rosebay Willowherb, Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at St Medan, Wigtownshire, on 20th June 1982 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Kippford on 16th June 2006, with the Dumfriesshire first being trapped at Dornockbrow on 7th August 2012.