Wingspan c. 11 mm. An attractive and colorful day-flying species with orange-brown, purplish, and white markings.

Buff to greenish colored.

The larva mines mainly in the lower leaves of the host plant and it creates a corridor along the stem towards the tip that widens into a blotch mine so that the leaf becomes transparent. The mine contains no grass. Often two larvae are present in a mine.
The adults are active during the day. The species is not attracted well to light.

The larva mines the leaf and feeds mainly at night. When disturbed or resting, the larva retracts into the leaf base where it is safe and not visible. Pupation in a pupal chamber in a separate mine.

The larva lives in Inula conyzae.