Food Plant: Daucus carota (Wild Carrot), Pimpinella saxifraga (Burnet-saxifrage)

Egg: on leaves

Mine: May-June; August-October

Notes: Initially forms a small blotch mine and may later feed in a slight web (as shown). In coastal areas may continue mining throughout the larval stage

National Status: Nationally Scarce A

Bradley No: 484

Data: 14.x.2009, Lower Town, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, VC1

Image:© Ian Barton