Uncommon resident.

Centaurea spp., Cirsium spp., Carduus spp. with larva feeding in June/July, first mining a leaf, then rolling a leaf of knapweed into a tube, or under a web on the underside of a thistle leaf, making brown blotches.

Recorded in 31 (22%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1872.
Last Recorded in 2023.
(Data up to end 2023)