Food Plant: Cytisus/Sarothamnus (Broom)

Mine: September - May

Notes: Forms an inflated mine in the green bark of a twig (as shown), 15 - 25mm long. The mine turns brown/grey and is found near to the end of a twig, often on a small plant.

Data: 25.iv.2005, Fleet, Hants,VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds