Food Plant: Stachys officinalis (Betony)

Egg: laid on leaf

Mine: September - May

Notes: a rare local miner, restricted to Southern England. The case is made from leaf segmants and typically has a hooked anal end. Found on the foodplant which grows at the edge of woodland rides.

Data: 04.iv.2005, Chiddingfold, Surrey, VC17

Image:© David Green