A not so common species in Belgium. As with other Psychids, this species is  probably underrecorded.

The larva lives in a conical small case covered with lichen and sand and feeds mainly on lichens growing on rocks, but also on wood, preferably in dry and sunny places. Hibernates as a larva in the case attached on rocks or trunks.

The adults fly in one generation a year during June and July. The moths emerge nocturnally and mate in the early morning. The female is apterous.