Food Plant: Quercus (Oak)

Egg: Upper side of leaf

Mine: June - July, September - October

Notes: The gallery is long and sinuous, filled with greenish frass. The larva is green. The initial mine is greenish/brown and becomes more visible as it ages and goes browner.The green larva can be seen at the end of the gallery in the bottom mine.

Data: 16.x.2006, Fleet, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds