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 early mines shown are on Hedge Woundwort

Data: 27.ix.2012, Saxilby Moor, Lincs, VC53

Image:© Martin Gray