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Nationally scarce (Nb) and first recorded in Britain in 2002 in parkland in Greater London, subsequently found to be widespread in south-eastern England. In Hampshire established in and around Fareham and Portsmouth, and in Fleet in the north of the county; on the Isle of Wight not uncommon, mostly in the east; likely to be more widespread than the records suggest. Wingspan male 4.4-6.0 mm, female 4.6-5.8 mm. More likely to be identified in the larval stages than as an adult. Larva mines leaves of Evergreen Oak.
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