Life cycle

Mines: September-October.  Adults fly June.

Larval foodplants

Hawthorn species, Apple species, Pear.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was of leaf-mines found at Lochaber Loch, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 22nd September 2001, while the first for Dumfriesshire was found at an unknown site by a person unknown prior to 2010 (Scottish micro-moth data), with the Wigtownshire first being of leaf-mines found at Kirkcolm on 24th September 2013.