Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: July-June.  Hibernates as a young larva then in spring feeds in a rolled leaf.  Adults: August-September (June-September further south)

Larval foodplants

Many trees & shrubs.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was published in Stephens (1834) with the Rev. William Little recording it at Raehills, Dumfriesshire, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Kirkconnell on 10th July 1976 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Monreith on 15th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet.