Food Plant: Chicorium intibus (Chicory) Crepis versicaria (Beaked hawks-beard), Hieracium sabaudum (New England hawkweed), Lapsana communis (Nipplewort), Picris sp., P.echioides (Bristly Oxtongue), P. hieracioides (Hawkweed Oxtongue), Pilosella officinarum (Mouse-ear-hawkweed), Senecio aquaticus (Marsh Ragwort), Sonchus arvensis (Perennial Sow-thistle), S. asper (Prickly Sow-thistle), S.oleraceus (Smooth Sow-thistle), Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion)

Mine: Summer; Autumn

Notes: Forms a very long linear mine, which is frequently underside and may also be upperside. The mine often has a silvery appearance. The mine starts lower surface. Pupation is outside the mine. A common leaf miner. Mine shown on Lapsana communis (Nipplewort).

Data: 02.vii.2023, Methwold Warren, Norfolk, VC28

Image:© Rob Edmunds