Food Plant: Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram)

Mine: early and late Summer

Notes: The initial mine is a small spiral. The mine then follows the edge of the leaf and a dark blotch is formed (as shown). Pupation is within the mine and the puparium is yellowish. Widespread, at least in the south of the UK.

Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Grade: 2,5

Data:18.vi.2010, Namur, Andenne, Belgium

Image:© Jean-Yves Baugnée