Food Plant: Leucanthemum vulgare (Ox-eye daisy)

Egg: Upperside of leaf

Mine: September-April; July

Notes: A long thin mine is formed by the larva. The early mine is shown here. The larva can swap mines or leaves. A moulting cocoonet (as shown) is formed under a leaf (but in this case is upper surface) and the cocoon is formed on the stem or another plant.

Data: 14.iii.2016, Hessle, South-east Yorkshire, VC61

Image:© Barry Warrington