Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: April-May in spun leaves, preferring terminal shoots high in the tree.  Adults: May-August.

Larval foodplants

Hawthorn species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Monreith, Wigtownshire, during July 1899 by K. J. Morton, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Holywood on 19th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found on Auchencairn Bay on 13th June 2004.