Food Plant: Euphorbia spp. (Spurges)

Mine: late Spring, late Summer

Notes: Forms an upper surface blotch mine (as shown in reflected light (upper photo) and transmitted light (bottom photo)). The mine can contain several larvae.

Pupa: outside the mine

Data: 06.viii.2023 Chicksands Wood, Beds, VC30

Image:© Melissa Banthorpe