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; usually two successive cones. Pupation is shown under a white membrane.

Data: 01.v.2019, Plas Newydd, Anglesey, VC52, Andy & Melissa Banthorpe

Image:© Melissa Bnathorpe