Life cycle

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

Larval foodplants

Rowan, Bird Cherry, occasionally Common Whitebeam or Japanese Quince Chaenomeles japonica.

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 Glenwhan Gardens, Dunragit, on 17th July 1994 by A. M. Emmet.