Food Plant: Populus tremula (Aspen). P.alba (White Poplar) and P.nigra (Black Poplar)

Mine: early Summer.

Notes: Makes a light brown full depth blotch mine at the leaf edge. Pupation is outside the mine. The mine shown has been parasitised and the parasite pupa can be seen to the left of the larva.

Data: 31,v,2014, Marston Vale Country Park, Bedfordshire, VC30

Image:© Andy Banthorpe