Food Plant: Quercus ilex (Evergreen Oak), (abroad on Q.alnifolia (Golden Oak of Cyprus))             

Mine: November to April

Pupa: In a cocoon between the leaves, in captivity 9as shown)

Notes: Known initially from Greater London - now spreading through Southern England. In Europe it is known from islands and countries bordering the Mediterranean such as Sicily, Italy, Corsica, Cyprus, Greece and Croatia. The larva is a pale colour.

Data: 23.iii.2003, London, John Langamis

Image:© Ian Thir;well