Food Plant: Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort), Humulus lupulus (Hop), Zea mays (Sweet Corn)
Egg: Laid under a leaf
Mine: July-April
Notes: Bores upwards in the stem from a lower entrance hole. Overwinters fully fed in the burrrow and then pupates internally. The stems snap off easily at the entrance hole site. A pest species in the continent. The larva is shown.
Bradley No: 1375
National Status: Local
Data: 30.iii.2023, Assen, The Netherlands
Image:© Ben van As
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