Food Plant: Quercus spp. (Deciduous Oak)

Egg: laid on the underside of a leaf

Mine: July; Sept-October

Notes: Makes a very large underside mine, often extending from the midrib to the leaf margin. The leaf can be bent over as the mine contracts. The leaf parenchyma is eaten and a rough central patch remains (as shown). There may be several mines in a leaf. A local and uncommon miner.

Data: 01.x.2017, Clowes Wood, Kent, VC15

Image:© David Shenton