Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Mines: June-July, August-October.  Adults fly April-May, June-July, August-September.

Larval foodplants

Alder Alnus glutinosa or Italian Alder Alnus cordata.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway were found at unknown sites in Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire by persons unknown prior to 1985 (BRC/MOGBI data), with the Wigtownshire first being of leaf-mines found at Castle Kennedy Gardens on 17th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet.