Food Plant: Citrus spp.

Mine: throughout the year

Notes: A tropical species which is not yet a British species. Most specimens are intercepted at points of entry (see: Newsletter) and this is a pest of commercial citrus orchards. Makes distinctive track mines with a strong central frass line on fruits or leaves. The mines are mostly lower surface on the leaves, but may be upper surface (as shown).

Data: 29.x.2006, Alayor, Menorca, Spain

Image:© Rob Edmunds