Recording method

Comes to MV light.

Life cycle

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

Larval foodplants

Oak species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Beattock, Dumfriesshire, on 29th May 1965 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton., who found the first for Kirkcudbrightshire at the Wood of Cree on 28th May 1967.