Identification

Large eyecaps help distinguish it from other small white moths.

Recording method

Comes to light.

Larval foodplant

Not known but possibly the stem of Sheep’s Sorrel.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Corsemalzie House Hotel, near Mochrum, Wigtownshire, on 27th June 1988 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Holywood on 19th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found near Dalry on 1st August 1999.