NATIVE RANGE: North America

FIRST FINDING IN SLOVENIA: 1980

PATHWAYS: transported with tree saplings

POSSIBLE TO FIND: June-October

FLIFGT SEASON OF ADULTS: June-October

HABITAT: Forests, farmland, urban environments where black locust trees (Robinia pseudoacacia) are present.

STATUS IN SLOVENIA: Widespread everywhere where Black locust trees occur.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Adult moths are very similar to several other species in the family Gracillariidae, but of these only Black locust leaf miner (Macrosaccus robiniella) shares the same host plant species. They can be distinguished by the shape of the leaf-mines. 

SOURCE: Terenski priročnik za prepoznavanje tujerodnih vrst v gozdovih (Fieldguide for the identification of alien species in forests)