Food Plant: Crataegus (Hawthorn), Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan), Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn), Mespilus germanica (Medlar)

Mine: Univoltine: Autumn (over winters full grown in the mine).

Pupa: Outside the mine

Notes: Initially a small, roundish, upper surface blotch (as shown on Crataegus sp.).The blotch enlarges and the larva is seen (at the end of the mine, right hand side).

Data: 11.x.2014, De Oude Briquetterie van Rome, Durbuy, (Luxemburg)

Image:© Carina Van Steenwinkel