Recording method

Occasionally comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: April-June in tightly-spun terminal leaves.  Adults: June-August.

Larval foodplants

Rosebay Willowherb.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Barony College, Parkgate, Dumfriesshire, on 9th July 1982 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Parton on 14th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet.