Food Plant: Calystegia sepium (Hedge bindweed), Convolvulus arvensis (Field bindweed ) and other garden Convolvulus species, Ipomaea purpurea (Common Morning Glory).

Egg: Either side of leaf.

Mine: July, August; September.

Pupa: Hangs by silk threads from the blotch mine

Notes: The frass from the mine can be caught in the silken threads below the mine. The mine is characterised by a gallery leading to a clear blotch. Can be commonly found in some years.

Data: Bedfordshire

Image:© David Manning