Leaf-mine: Mine generally descending from the leaf tip. The mine may occupy the space between leaf margin and midrib, but may also occupy the entire width of the leaf. Most frass accumulated in the oldest part of the mine. Pupation external; the pupa is attached to the leaf without a cocoon (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Described by Steuer (1978a). Head and prothoracic shield dark brown. Body yellowish white, with a pair of orange red latero-dorsal length lines; ventrally another such line, medially (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Pupa: Described by Patocka (1999a), Patocka and Turcáni (2005a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Adult: Not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group (check for update).

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - larvae: Larva overwinters in the mine (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain and Northern Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, North Somerset, South Wiltshire, West Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (NBN Gateway, as Biselachista cinereopunctella - 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).

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 Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - North, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.