Recording method

Flies late afternoon and dusk.  Comes to light.

Life cycle

Early stages unknown; larva later feeds on dead leaves August-April.  Adults fly April-June.

Larval foodplants

Dead leaves.

Habitat

Deciduous woodland.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Beattock, Dumfriesshire, on 29th May 1965 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, who also found the first for Kirkcudbrightshire at Doach Burn near Palnackie on 30th May 1965, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Glenstockadale on 30th May 2012.