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

Egg: on leaves

Mine: May-June; August-September

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

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

Image:© Ian Barton