Common resident.
Most easily recorded from leaf mines on Crataegus, Malus and Pyrus with larva feeding in September - November. In a long gallery, initially following a vein with linear frass before transversing the leaf with the frass dispersed in arcs; larva green. | Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required | |
Recorded in 69 (49%) of 140 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1883. Last Recorded in 2022. (Data up to end 2022) |