Food Plant: Tilia spp. (In Europe T.cordata is the preferred host)

Mine: May;July -August

Notes: Makes mines in the lower side of leaves (as shown). It is a native of Asia and was probably introduced to Eastern Europe in the 1970s. It is spreading through Europe. The larva is white and yellow and shown in a mine on Tilia cordata.

Known in Europe but not yet in the UK.

Data: 01.x.2026, Zwettl, Austria

Image:© Ewald Altenhofer