Food Plant: Tilia cordata (Small-leaved lime)

Mine: Summer

Notes: A local and scarce miner found on the large sucker growth. It makes large blotch mines, which cause the leaves to curl over. The larva is a pale colour with a light brown head as it enters the prepupal stage (as shown)

Data: 27.vii.2005, ex mine, 22.vii.2005, Webb's Wood, North Wiltshire, VC7

Image:© Rob Edmunds