Food Plant: Betula (Birch), Carpinus (Hornbeam), Corylus (Hazel), Malus (Apple) and other deciduous trees. Gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)

Mine: May-June

Notes: A distinctive blotch mine is produced, then the larva falls to the ground inside a case made from the cut-out. The photo above shows case being made, with some already having formed cut outs. Gooseberry was discovered as a new host (McKenna, 2024)

National Status: Local

Bradley No: 129

Data: 20.v.2005, Fleet, Hants,VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds