Food Plant: Vicia species
Egg: laid at leaf tip
Mine: early summer
Notes: the leaf tip reddens as the mine develops and a blotch is formed (as shown) which may encompass the whole leaflet. The larva leaves the leaf to pupariate. Mines are shown in transmitted light (top photo) and surface view (bottom photo).
Data: 04.vii.2019, Ashperton, Herefordshire, VC36
Image:© Melissa Banthorpe
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