Recording method

Comes to light.  Larval appearance will differentiate this species from Acrolepia autumnitella.

Life cycle

Mines: April-November.  Larva mines from the midrib creating an irregular blotch mine, sometimes containing frass.  Compare Acrolepia autumnitella which produces a white mine, on the same foodplant, but without frass.  Adults fly May-June, July-October.

Larval foodplants

Bittersweet (Woody Nightshade) Solanum dulcamara.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found on Auchencairn Bay, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 25th August 2003, while the first for Wigtownshire was found at The Forest during August 2006, with the Dumfriesshire first being found at Castle Wood, Caerlaverock, on 8th October 2010 during a ‘Grey Daggers’ Moth Group field meeting.