Food Plant: Crataegus (Hawthorn), Malus (Apple), Sorbus (Whitebeam/Rowan), occasionally other Rosaceae (Rose).

Egg: Underside of leaf

Mine: August-September

Pupa: In a silken cocoon, usually on detritus

Notes: A circular or oval brownish blotch with a central spiral of dense blackish frass. The larva is pale green with a dark head. Tjhe pupa is shown in ventral view (top photo) and dorsal view (bottom photo).

Data: 23.viii.2010, Downham Market, Norfolk, VC28

Image:© Rob Edmunds