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.

Data: 06.vi.2015, Carrière de la Falize~Aywaille, (Luik), Belgium

Image:© Carina van Steenwinkel