Food Plant: Geranium spp.(Cranesbills)

Mine: Summer

Pupa: Outside the mine

Notes: The first instar larva makes an initial corridor, with frass in two lines (as shown in the photo). Then a large irregular blotch is formed, with frass in lumps and strips.

Data: xii.2004, Greenford, Middlesex, VC21

Image:© Rachel Terry