Very common resident.

Most easily recorded from leaf mines with larva feeding on Corylus and Carpinus in July and September to November. In a narrow gallery mine, no wider than the larva, with linear frass in the early mine, and often following the leaf veins (cf. mine of S. floslactella).

	Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 104 (74%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)