Food Plant: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)

Mine: September-May

Notes: As it mines the leaves it turns the upper part from red to black. In the spring it spins the leaves together (as shown) and then mines the leaves- creating bladder mines. A mainly northern species occurring on mountain moorland.

Data:27.v.2005, The Deerpass, North Dalchork, VC107

Image:© Duncan Williams