Food Plant: Populus nigra (Black Poplar), P.alba (White Poplar), P x canadensis (Italian Poplar), P x canescens (Grey Poplar)

Mine: September-May

Notes: The larvae first feed in a short linear mine alongside the midrib or a vein (Hering, 1951, 1957) and then start window feeding beneath a frass covered silk web on the leaf underside or upperside. Larva shown from Lombardy Poplar. In the spring they feed on the buds in a frass covered silken

Data: 10.x.2022, Sapcote, Leicestershire, VC55

Image:© Graham Calow