Food Plant: Pyrus communis (Pear)

Egg: Underside of leaf

Mine: June-July, August-September

Notes: Initially a long slender gallery, which then widens and the frass remains linear. In thick leaves the frasss may become coiled. The larva is green (as shown)

National Status: pRDB1

Bradley No: 91

Data: 31.viii.2009, Little Marcle, Herefordshire, VC 36, John Langmaid, Michael Harper

Image:© John Langmaid