Recording method

Can be found amongst the foodplant by day.  Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present April-June. Larva feeds in a spun shoot, often drawn together into a ball.  Adults fly June-August.

Larval foodplants

Common Rock-rose.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Balcary Point, Kirkcudbrightshire, during 2014.