Food Plant: Humulus lupulus (hop)

Mine: July - September

Pupa: In the detritus on the ground. The larva hibernates in its cocoon before it pupates.

Notes: The larva makes a gallery by a vein or along the midrib and feeding branches can be seen emanating from this. There may be several mines on a leaf (as shown).

Data: 23.ix.2019, Hilgay Fen, Norfolk, VC28

Image:© Rob Edmunds