Food Plant: Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)

Mine: Summer, Autumn

Notes: Makes a long broad mine. The larva is yellowish and pupates in the mine. The puparium is yellowish in the early generation and reddish-brown in the later, overwintering, generation. A widespread species.

Data: 30.x.2017, Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, VC61

Image:© Barry Warrington

Recording Grade: 5

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