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Leaf-miner and case-bearer: The full grown larval case is very similar to that of C. alticolella, but the larvae can be differentiated (UKMoths).

Larva: The larvae of moths have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles (see video of a gracillarid larva feeding), six thoracic legs and abdominal legs (see examples).

The larva is illustrated in UKMoths.

Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).

Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Hosts elsewhere: Currently unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: June to August at sunrise, dusk and night.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread and common in Britain (UKMoths); including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Cardiganshire, Denbighshire, Dorset, Durham, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Ross, East Suffolk, Easterness, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Hertfordhsire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kirkudbrightshire, Leicestershire, Linlithgow, Merionethshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Somerset, North Wiltshire, Outer Hebrides, Pembrokeshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South Hampshire, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, West Cornwall, West Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Perthshire, West Suffolk, West Sussex, Westmorland, Wigtownshire, and Worcestershire (NBN Atlas).

It is often abundant on salt marshes. Sometimes goes unrecorded because of confusion with another Juncus feeding species, C. alticolella (UKMoths).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Faroe Is., Finland, French mainland, Germany, ? Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, North and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Belgian Lepidoptera
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist
UKMoths