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. Then a large irregular blotch is formed, with frass in lumps and strips. Mine shown in reflected light (top photo) and transmitted light (bottom photo).

Data: 06.x.2022, Biggleswade, Beds, VC30

Image:© Melissa Banthorpe