Food Plant: Food Plant: Betula (Birch)

Mine: April - May

Notes: The mine starts at or near the leaf edge and widens to a blotch with frass in long threads. The final instar larva has a dark brown head, with pronounced rear projections on the head capsule.

Data: 28.iv.2009, Ipswich, Suffolk, VC25

Image:© Tony Prichard