An uncommon to rare species in Belgium.

The larva mines the leaves of Circaea lutetiana and different species of Epilobium, also found on Chamerion angustifolium. It pupates in a whitish cocoon attached to a leaf or to leaf litter on the ground, occasionally inside the mine.

The adults fly in one generation a year; from July till late May and overwintering in thatch, houses, hollows and other shelters.