Food Plant: Food Plant: Betula (Birch)

Mine: July - August

Notes: The larva mines young leaves and the narrow initial mine ends in a blotch. The larva cuts out a section of the leaf (as shown, resting on the leaf) and over winters in this on the ground.

Data: 02.x.2005, Bartley Heath, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds