Leaf-mine: Oviposition in a leaf axil. From there ascends a narrow corridor with a thin frass line. When the mine is 2-3 cm long the direction reverses. The result is an elongate, whitish, lightly inflated blotch with dispersed frass. Pupation external (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Described by Steuer (1980a). The larva is yellowish with a dark brown head and a light brown prothoracic plate (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths, although it may not be that sepcies and is more likely to be Elachista triatomea. The male genitalia, but not the female genitalia (check for update), are illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group.

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - larvae: September-April (Bland, 1996a).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, East Sussex, Glamorgan, North Essex, South Wiltshire, Stafford, West Kent 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).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.