Food Plant: Aconitum spp.(Monkshood), Delphinium spp.

Mine: May, June, August-October

Notes: The larvae feed communally to form a large brown/blackish upper surface blotch, usually at the tip of a leaflet (as shown). Up to 6 larvae can inhabit a mine. A widespread leaf miner in gardens.

Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Grade: 1

Data: 14.vi.2015, Cardiff, Glamorgan, VC41

Image:© George Tordoff