Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: July-October in berries or seeds.  Adults: May-August.

Larval foodplants

Privet or Ash, sometimes Lilac.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Monreith, Wigtownshire, during July 1899 by K. J. Morton, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish on 26th June 1976 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found at Cleugh SSSI on 22nd June 1996 during a Scottish Entomologists’ gathering.