[1] It is known from California, the eastern United States, northern Europe and Russia.

[4] Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on a fungus, Daldinia vernicosa, which grows on burnt gorse (Ulex species) and dead birch (Betula species).

[5] It has also been recorded feeding on Hypoxylon occidentale in California.

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