Food Plant: Ulex europaeus (Gorse)

Mine: July - April

Notes: Initially the larva feeds on seeds, boring into seedpods. It makes a case form calyx parts in late summer, which is covered in hairs and continues feeding by boring into more seedpods. In November it makes a case from silk (illustrated), in which it over winters.

Data: 14.xi.2004, Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs, VC59

Image:© Ben Smart