Food Plant: Medicago lupulina (Black Medick), Medicago sativa (Lucerne), Melilotus alba (Melilot)

Mine: August - October

Notes: The plant and the miner occur on waste ground, even well into urban areas. The plants may be heavily mined, with up to ten mines on a branch or two out of three leaflets mined. The mines are easily spotted because the leaflets are strongly folded, pod-like, and, when the mine has fully developed there is little tissue left.

Data: 2003, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Image:© Willem Ellis