Food Plant: Melilotus altissima (Tall Melilot) or Melilotus oficinalis (Ribbed Melilot)

Egg: laid on the flower

Mine: July - May

Notes: It makes the case from seedpods and up to three pods may be joined together. The final case is trivalved and black in colour. Cases shown on Melilotus oficinalis (Ribbed Melilot)

Data: 26.vii.2022, Downham Market, Norfolk, VC28

Image:© Rob Edmunds