Food Plant: Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort)

Egg: on the flower

Mine: August - June

Notes: The larva feeds on the seeds and makes a case from the empty seedhead (a shown). The presence of the larvae can be seen by the holes they leave in the seedheads they feed on.

Data: 08.ix.2025, Saxilby Flood, North Lincolnshire, VC54

Image:© Martin Gray