Leaf-mine: The larva makes a large number of untidy full depth mines. The mines contain hardly or no frass. The opening made by the larva in the underside of the leaf is irregular roundish, sometimes more of a slit, large in proportion to the size of the mine, and usually positioned at the side of the mine. The larva mines until just before the pupation, that takes place externally (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Dull flesh-coloured with two yellow white dorsal lines; head black, prothoracic plate with dark marking (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths and the Encyclopedia of Life. The genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group (check for update).

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - larvae: July till May (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Time of year - adults: The day-flying adults are to be found in June and July (UKMoths).

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Locally distributed on calcareous soil, inhabiting grassland, this is a nationally scarce species with a small number of populations ranging from Wilts to Kent (UKMoths) including East Kent, East Sussex, North Hampshire, North Wiltshire, South Wiltshire, West Gloucestershire and West Sussex (NBN Gateway, as Adscita globulariae - 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 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Poland, ? Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, East and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Switzerland, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.