Food Plant: Rhododendron spp.

Egg: Lower surface of the leaf

Mine: May-June, August-September

Pupa: In a cocoon under a white membrane; underside of leaf.

Notes: Initially a gallery leading to a blotch . Later rolls the tips of leaves down to form a cone (on right); usually two successive cones. Pupation is shown on the left.

Data: 03.v.2019, Betws-y-Coed, Caernarvonshire, VC49, Andy & Melissa Banthorpe

Image:© Melissa Banthorpe