Food Plant: Crataegus (Hawthorn), Malus (Apple), Pyrus (Pear), Sorbus (Whitebeam/Rowan).

Egg: Upper surface of leaf

Mine: July -August

Notes: A short contorted gallery, near midrib or side-vein. The larva leaves the mine and grazes the leaf surface of the same leaf, or adjacent leaves (as shown). The larva or mine should be seen for an identification.

Data: 20.vii.2006, Fleet, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds