Food Plant: Betula (Birch)
Egg: Underside of leaf
Mine: August - November
Notes: Mine much contorted at the start, sides of mine scalloped, scallops are usually free of frass (compare with S.betulicola where the sides of the mine are usually parallel). The larva is yellow, gut-line green (as shown).
National Status: Common
Bradley No: 112
Data: 14.x.2005, Loch Naver, VC108
Image:© Duncan Williams
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