Recording method

Larvae are gregarious, feeding in a communal web among the leaves.

Life cycle

Larvae present May-July.  Adults fly June-August.

Larval foodplants

Bird Cherry.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Kirkconnell, Kirkcudbrightshire, between 1860-67 by William Lennon, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Tynron on 22nd July 1944 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Torrs on 27th July 1983 by Sir Arthur Duncan.