Food Plant: Dock species (Rumex), including R.acetosella (Sheep's sorrel)

Mine: Bivoltine, May to September

Pupa: External to the mine. The pupa has anterior and posterior spiracles(as shown)

Notes: A common miner. The mine starts as a short corridor on the lower surface and then becomes a large upper surface blotch. Several larvae can mine together.

Data: 13.v.2004, Fleet, Hants,VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds