Leaf-mine: In Belgium the larva lives in a silken tube in the sand and feeds on the leaves of Cerastium fontanum touching the ground. Pupation in a cocoon in the sand (Belgian Lepidoptera).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The male and female genitalia are illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group.

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: In Belgium the adults fly from June till August and come to light (Belgian Lepidoptera).

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Anglesey, Berkshire, Caernarvonshire, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Elgin, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Kincardine, North Aberdeen, North Ebudes, North Essex, Northumberland South, Pembrokeshire, South Aberdeen, South Hampshire, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and Westmorland (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), the Channel Is. and Northern Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Dodecanese Is., Estonia, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Macedonia, Madeira, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Sardinia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.