Food Plant: Echium vulgare (Viper's Bugloss)
Egg: laid amongst the flowers
Mine: August-October
Notes: Feeds on the pith within the stem and forms a tough cocoon (as shown), about twice the length of the larva, in which it overwinters. Can be common where the foodplant occurs.
Bradley No: 398
National Status: Nationally Scarce B
Data: 31.iii.2016, Betteshanger CP, East Kent, VC15
Image:© David Shenton
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