Leaf-mine: Strongly branched corridor mine which can become a secondary blotch. Frass in small grains. Pupation inside the mine (Spencer, 1976: 505 (fig. 883) or outside the mine (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1937); posterior spiracles each with approx. 17 bulbs.

Puparium: Black; posterior spiracles each with approx. 17 bulbs.

Hosts in Britain: Unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - larvae: April (Hering, 1957).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Recorded as new to Britain by McLean (1981); Anglesey and
Cambridgeshire (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Spain (Spencer, 1976: 505), Czech Republic, Estonia, European Turkey, French mainland, Italian mainland, Latvia and Lithuania (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.