Food Plant: Luzula sylvatica (Great wood-rush)

Mine: September - June

Notes: The mine formed is long, inflated and puckers the leaf surface. The larva often swaps leaves.Occurs in South West England, from Monmouthshire in Wales and the East of Scotland. Mines found on Luzula pilosa will probably be E.tengstromi. Habitat where mines were found in good numbers on Luzula sylvatica (adults reared and dissected to confirm the ID) growing along a lane through a coastal woodland where the foodplant grew in large patches.

Data: 16.v.2022, Pembrokeshire, VC45

Image:© Will Langdon