Food Plant: Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort)

Mine: Bivoltine - late Spring and late Summer

Pupa: External to the mine

Notes: A common and widespread miner. The mine is a long corridor, which often partly follows the veins of the leaf, or leaf margin. The frass is in separate grains, with the appearance of strings of pearls

Data: 18.v.2024, Sandy Smith NR, Beds, VC30

Image:© Melissa Banthorpe