A common but local species in Belgium, mainly known from the southern provinces.

The larva makes a leafmine usually starting close to  a rib of Rosa and sometimes also on Sanguisorba. It pupates in a cocoon, generally spun on the surface of a leaf or a leaf-stalk.

The adults fly in two generations a year; during May and August. 

ID mine: a long, sinuous gallery, frequently crossing over. The initially gallery is narrow and completely filled with greenish grey frass, later it widens and the frass is more variable now and black in colour, always leaving broad clear margins.