Life cycle

Mines: July, September-October.  Adults fly April-June, July-September.

Larval foodplants

Hawthorns, Pear or Wild Service-tree.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Penpont, Dumfriesshire, on 12th October 1958 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, who found the first for Kirkcudbrightshire at Palnackie on 29th May 1965, with the Wigtownshire first being found an unknown site by a person unknown prior to 1985 (BRC/MOGBI data).