Food Plant: Ballota nigra (Black Horehound), Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica), Lamb's ear (Stachys lanata), Wood Betony (Betonica officinalis), Big Betony (Betonica macrantha), White Horehound (Marrubium vulgare), Balearic Island sage (Phlomis italica), (Turkish Sage) Phlomis russeliana

Mine: September to May

Notes:  The cases are broad and flat - being very hairy from the texture of the leaf. The cases shown are on Lamb's ear and the feeding signs can be seen through the upper leaf surface.

National Status: Local

Bradley No: 522

Data: 12.v.2004, Cheltenham, E.Gloucs, VC33

Image:© Robert Homan