Food Plant: Lathyrus sylvestris (Narrow leaved Everlasting Pea)

Egg: Upperside of leaf

Mine: May; July-August

Notes: A very local mainly coastal species, tending to be confined to cliffs and undercliffs. A blotch mine is formed with a small area of browning of the leaf around the egg (as shown).

Data: 04.viii.2008, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, VC10

Image:© Richard Beaumont