Food Plant: Cytisus/Sarothamnus (Broom)

Mine: September - May

Notes: Forms an inflated mine in the green bark of a twig (as shown), 15 - 25mm long. The mine turns brown/grey and is found near to the end of a twig, often on a small plant. There are two mines in the photo above.

Data: 02.i.2006, Wells-next-the Sea, Norfolk, VC28

Image:© Rob Edmunds