| UK Status 
 Resident. Widespread and locally common in England and north Wales, less common in Scotland.
 
 Montgomeryshire Status
 
 Recorded from a few sites in the southern half of the county.
 
 Wingspan
:
  M & F, 18-22mm.
 
 Confusion species
 
 C. interjectana.
 
 | Flight time & Voltinity
(Univoltine) 
 Habitat
 
 Many habitats.
 
 Foodplant
 
 Various herbaceous plants.
 
 Lifestage data
 
 Leaf miner/spinning. Eggs laid on a leaf. Larva first mines a leaf then
feeds externally from within a spinning. Pupates in larval habitation
or spun up in a leaf or flower.
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