Food Plant: Brachypodium sylvaticum (False-brome), Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot), Holcus spp. (soft-grass)

Egg: near leaf tip

Mine: September-April

Notes: The larva mines downwards and forms an irregular mine with a silken tube in the centre, which is mixed with frass. The larvae are grey with a pale brown head.

Data: viii.2006, Aston Rowant, Bucks, VC24

Image:© Ben Smart