Recording method

Rests on tree trunks or host fungus.  Flies in morning sun, in the afternoon and at dusk. Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larval period unknown.  Adults fly May-October.

Larval foodplants

Within fungi and on callus-tissue around tree-wounds.  When within a fungus, produces frass and silk webbing on the surface.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway were found at unknown sites in Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire by persons unknown prior to 1985 (BRC/MOGBI data), while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Courance on 4th June 2012.