Recording method

Male flies in calm, sunny weather.  Female sits on vegetation.

Life cycle

Larvae: May-June in spun or folded leaves or flowers.  Adults: March-May.

Larval foodplants

Polyphagous on herbaceous plants, shrubs and some conifers on moorland, heathland and acid grassland.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, on 29th April 1977 by Sir Arthur Duncan, who found the first for Wigtownshire at Torrs on 14th April 1982, both specimens at National Museums Scotland.