Recording Method

Can be disturbed from the foodplant and occasionally visits ragwort flowers.  Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present April-May.  On Broom and Gorse, in a developing flower-bud, entering via a small hole.  On Tree Lupin it spins a leaflet into a pod.  Adults present July-September.

Larval foodplants

Broom, Gorse, occasionally Tree Lupin.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 14th August 1997, while the the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Kirkton during August 1998, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Changue Port on 1st September 2011.