Life cycle
Mines: December-April. Adults: May-July.
Larval foodplants
These grasses: Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis, False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius, Tall Fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus and Smaller Cat’s-tail Phleum bertolonii.
History
The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Netherlaw Point, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 7th May 1998, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at Loch Fell (West Knowe), Moffat Hills on 11th July 2014.