Life cycle

Larvae present June-July, September-October.  Adults May-October.  Gallery with green frass leads to a blotch with black frass deposited in a spiral.

Larval foodplants

Laburnum and Dyer’s Greenweed.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway were found at unknown sites in Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire by persons unknown prior to 1996 (BRC/MOGBI data). No records from Wigtownshire.