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.