Recording method

Comes to light.  Mines of this species and Parornix finitimella are similar so have a look at the larva.

Life cycle

Larvae July-August, September-November.  Initial gallery mine leads to a blotch, after which the larva creates two leaf-folds resembling those of Parornix finitimella.  Adults fly  April-June, July-September

Larval foodplants

Blackthorn and Wild Plum.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at an unknown site in Dumfriesshire by a person unknown prior to 1985 (BRC/MOGBI data), while the first for Wigtownshire was found at Port of Counan on 21st July 2006 during a ‘Grey Gaggers’ Moth Group field meeting.