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A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Native
The pupa is dark brown.
The larva makes a leafmine usually starting close to a rib. It pupates in a dark brown cocoon, generally spun on the surface of the soil.
The adults fly in mainly in June.
The larva lives mainly on Crataegus, but also found on other plants like: Cotoneaster, Cydonia, Amelanchier, Malus, Prunus avium, Pyrus and Sorbus aucuparia.