Food Plant: Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram)
Mine: early and late Summer
Notes: The initial mine is a small spiral. The mine then follows the edge of the leaf and a dark blotch is formed (as shown). Pupation is within the mine and the puparium is yellowish. Widespread, at least in the south of the UK.
Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Grade: 2,5
Data:18.vi.2010, Namur, Andenne, Belgium
Image:© Jean-Yves Baugnée
sponsored by Colin Plant Associates (UK) LLP/Consultant Entomologists