Food Plant: Betula (Birch), Salix (Willow), Populus (Poplar)

Mine: August - October

Pupa: External to the mine

Notes: The larva over winters in the upper surface mine. There can be several mines in a leaf (as shown). A local species. The mine elongates. Mine is on Myrica gale.

Data: 30.viii.2014, Mol, (Antwerpen), Belgium

Image:© Carina Van Steenwinkel