Recording method

Occasionally comes to light.

Life cycle

Mines: May-June.  Adults: April-May.

Larval Foodplants

Oak species.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found on the Drumlanrig Estate, Dumfriesshire on 18th May 1975 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, the specimen now at National Museums Scotland.  The first for Kirkcudbrightshire was of a leaf-mine found at Parton on 14th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet.  The first for Wigtownshire was a leaf-mine found at Glenwhan Gardens, Dunragit, on 17th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet.