Food Plant: Geranium spp.(Cranesbills)

Mine: Summer

Pupa: Outside the mine

Notes: The first instar larva makes an initial corridor, with frass in two lines. Then a large irregular blotch is formed, with frass in lumps and strips (as shown).

Data: 21.vii.2024, Downham Market, Norfolk, VC28

Image:© Rob Edmunds