Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: April-June in a tightly-spun shoot, sometimes attacking flower-buds.  Adults: June-August.

Larval foodplants

Rose species, including cultivars.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire, on 30th July 1978 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Ravenshall Point on 4th August 1997, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Chippermore Point on Luce Bay on 23rd July 2010.