It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Bulgaria and from Ireland to central Russia.

The forewings are brownish-grey with a narrow, straight, pale transverse band about two-thirds out in the wing.

The species cannot be reliably distinguished from Stigmella lapponica by its external appearance, but is often more brownish in colour.

The species occurs on forest edges and other places where birch, which is the larvae's food plant, grows.

[4] Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at no:Stigmella confusella; see its history for attribution.