Recording Method

Flies in sunshine and at dusk amongst the foodplant.  Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present September-May, feeding in the rootstock.  Adults May-August.

Larval foodplants

Sheep’s Sorrel, occasionally Common Sorrel.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Tynron Juniper Wood, Dumfriesshire, on 11th July 1982 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Knowetop Lochs SWT on 23rd June 1996 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Torrs Warren on 26th June 2005, also, during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering.