Recording method
Can we swept from foodplant. Comes to light.
Life cycle
Larvae present July-June, thought to overwinter at this stage. In spring, larva feeds in upper part of stem, causing swelling, or in a side-shoot, causing it to droop. Adults present June-August.
Larval foodplants
Bracken.
History
The first for Scotland and Dumfries & Galloway was found near Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 23rd July 2000, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Port of Counan on 21st July 2006 during a ‘Grey Daggers’ Moth Group field meeting.