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. A newly formed pupa is shown.

Data: 20..ix.2006, King Georges Park, Wandsworth, London SW18, Surrey, VC17

Image:© Martin Honey