Food Plant: Epilobium alsinifolium (Chickweed Willowherb), Epilobium montanum (Broad-leaved Willowherb), Epilobium palustre (Marsh Willowherb), Epilobium lanceolatum (Spear-leaved Willowherb)

Egg: The egg is laid on the midrib

Mine: September - May, July

Pupa: In a white cocoon, which is attached to vegetation or leaf litter

Notes: Blotches are made in the leaves, usually low on the plant. The larva (as shown) has a dark head and prothoracic plate (with median sulcus). The thoracic legs are also darkly pigmented.

Data: 22.vii.2008, Rixton, Warrington, S.Lancs, VC59

Image:© Ben Smart