Food Plant: Betula (Birch)

Mine: April - May

Notes: The largest and commonest of the Eriocraniidae. The mine starts at or near the leaf edge and then widens into a blotch. The larva, shown in dorsal view, still has dark sclerotizations of the head and prothorax (which it loses as it matures). Compare with the mature larva.

Data: 29.iv.2009, Ipswich, Suffolk, VC25

Image:© Tony Prichard