Food Plant: Quercus petrea (Sessile Oak),Q.robur (Pendunculate Oak), Q.palustris (Pin Oak), Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) Elsewhere: Q.aliena (Galcham Oak), Q.cerris (Turkey Oak), Q.dalechampii (Dalechamps Oak), Q.ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis (Mount Tabor Oak), Q.pubescens (Downy Oak) , Q. rubra (Red Oak)
Mine: Univoltine: summer
Pupa: Outside the mine
Notes: A large, whitish, upper surface blotch. The photo above shows the characteristic early twisted gallery. The mine illustrated is still developing. Often pyriform. Widespread. As the mine ages it can appear as a large brown blotch
Data: 24.vi.2005, Fleet, Hants,VC12
Image:© Rob Edmunds
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