Food Plant: Calluna vulgaris (Ling), Erica cinerea (Heather)

Mine: September to April.

Notes: The case is small (4mm long) and consists of leaves arranged in a herring-bone pattern (as shown above). Feeding may occur throughout the winter. The cases are best found in the spring, by sweeping. The larva is shown.

Data: 10.iv.2015, Kirkby Moor, North Lincolnshire, VC 54

Image:© Martin Gray