Food Plant: Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort), Humulus lupulus (Hop), Zea mays (Sweet Corn)

Egg: Laid under a leaf

Mine: July-April

Notes: Bores upwards in the stem from a lower entrance hole. Overwinters fully fed in the burrrow and then pupates internally. The stems snap off easily at the entrance hole site. A pest species in the continent. The larva is shown.

Bradley No: 1375

National Status: Local

Data: 30.iii.2023, Assen, The Netherlands

Image:© Ben van As