Food Plant: Lathyrus spp. especially Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling), Vicia spp. (Vetches), Trifolium spp. (Clovers)

Mine: June-July; August-April

Notes: Initially mines a leaf (as shown), then, with Trifolium repens and Vicia spp it folds a leaf and feeds inside. With Lathyrus pratensis it neatly spins two leaflets together and feeds inside. The Autumn generation overwinters fully fed.

Data: 25.x.2020, Middleton NR, West Lancs, VC60

Image:© Justine Patton