Recording method

Attracted to light. Male flies in sunshine.

Life cycle

Larvae: May-June in spun leaves or under a turned-down leaf edge.  Adults: January-April.

Larval foodplants

Oak species.  Less commonly Birch species, Hazel, hawthorn species, Blackthorn or lime species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire, on 24th February 1976 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Bargaly Lodge on 17th February 1993.