Food Plant: Tanacetum vulgare (Tansy), Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort), Artemisia absinthium (Wormwood)

Mine: Bivoltine, but Robbins suggests an extended single generation

Pupa: Outside the mine

Notes: An elongated blotch centred over a vein. There are two types: greenish with a blackish centre and entirely reddish-black Scarce (national status), very common in some years (Robbins). The larva is a pale yellow colour (as shown).

Data: 17.vii.2004, Fleet, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds