Food Plant: Rhamnus catharticus (Buckthorn), Frangula alnus (Alder Buckthorn), Viburnum lantana (Wayfaring Tree), Cornus sanguinea (Dogwood), Lonicera spp. (Honeysuckle)

Egg: Laid on the leaf

Mine: Biennial in the UK - August - September; May - June

Notes: It feeds briefly intially and again after over wintering. It then aestivates until Autumn. It makes one case which it enlarges by adding pieces of excised lower epidermis. It is 5.5 - 7mm long. A very local and rare species in the UK, being recorded in the South. Adult bred to confirm identity. The feeding signs are shown.

Data: 22.ix.2020, Pitton, South Wiltshire, VC8

Image:© Laurance Evans