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. A partially grown larva from a mine on Luzula sylvatica in spring. Larvae are initially yellow, but darken as they develop.

Data: Mine collected 27.xii.2022, Clatworthy Reservoir, South Somerset, VC5

Image:© Will Langdon