Food Plant: Stellaria graminea (Lesser Stitchwort), S.media (Common Chickweed), Cerastium arvense (Field Mouse-ear), C. fontanum (Common Mouse-ear)
Mine: August - April
Notes: feeds in the seedpods and makes a greyish/yellow case from the seedpod. Two cases are shown above (extreme left and right) on Field Mouse-ear
National Status: Common
Bradley No: 553
Data: 27.vii.2007, Chorlton, Manchester, VC59
Image:© Ben Smart
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