Uncommon local resident.

Malus sylvestris, Crataegus spp., Prunus avium, Pyrus spp., Sorbus torminalis, with larva mining for two years. Initially making a strongly curved case of leaf fragments in which it overwinters, feeding in the next spring and early summer, enlarging the case into a semicircle. In the next spring constructing a long, brown trivalved case in which it feeds until June, making large, brown blotch mines.

Recorded in 16 (11%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1982.
Last Recorded in 2023.
(Data up to end 2023)