[1][2] A. ampelopsifoliella can be found in Canada (Ontario) and across the eastern United States (Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin).

[1] Externally, adult A. ampelopsifoliella are visually indistinguishable from Aspilanta oinophylla – the two species can only be differentiated by examination of the genitalia.

[2] The larvae are mostly colourless or whitish besides the green gut contents, with a black head and prothorax.

[1] The leaf mine begins with a long linear section, usually taking a sinuous path, that widens out into an elongate blotch.

When mature and ready to pupate, the larvae cut out a 3.5–4 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long case from their host leaf, leaving an elliptic hole.