Food Plant: Fagus (Beech)

Egg: Either leaf surface

Mine: June, August - early September

Notes: A gallery, with coiled frass in central part. The mine has the egg away from the midrib (as shown) which distinguishes it from S.tityrella as this has the egg on the underside against mid-rib amongst hairs in angle with vein. The larva is whitish-yellow, head pale brown.

Data: 27.vi.2019, Lyme Park, Disley, Cheshire, VC58

Image:© Steve Hind