Recording method

Flies at night and comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae can be found in July then August-September.  Mine is Phyllonorycter type on the edge of a leaf; the larva then turns a leaf lobe downwards and feeds within it.  Adults fly April-June, late June-September.

Larval foodplants

Hawthorn species, Wild Service-tree.  Occasionally Wild Strawberry or Rowan.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was of larvae found at Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, on 24th September 1979 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, while the firsts for Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire were found at unknown sites by persons unknown prior to 1996 (BRC/MOGBI data).