Food Plant: Lotus corniculatus (Bird's-foot Trefoil)

Egg: on stem

Mine: October

Notes: Makes a long gallery - 7 to 9cm long in the bark of the stem. Initially it mines downwards the upwards and may encircle the stem. the initial gallery is thin but later may become as wide as the stem. The larva is long and yellow.

Bradley No: 45

National Status: pRDB2

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