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. The larva is a pale colour, with purple-brown spots (as shown).

Data: 6.xi.2003,Castle Ashby, Northants, VC32

Image:© David Manning