Food Plant: Betula (Birch)           

Egg: Lower surface of the leaf

Mine: August - October

Notes: A dark blotch mine initially, later with pale edges. The larva is pale yellowish white, with a pale brown head. Dark ventral plates are seen in second and third instar larvae. The ventral ganglia can be seen in the middel photo.

Data: 26.x.2005, Fleet, Hants,VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds