Recording method
Comes to light. May be found at rest on tree trunks.
Life cycle
Larvae present May-September. Larva feeds in a silk-lined tube, open both ends. It hides by day, coming out at night to chew holes in leaves. Adults March-May.
Larval foodplants
Birch species, Hornbeam or Small-leaved Lime.
History
First for Dumfries and Galloway was an adult which came to MV light at Blackcraig, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 26 March 2020.
