Food Plant: Carduus, Cirsium spp. (Thistles) Tussilago (Coltsfoot)

Mine: June-November (two broods which overlap)

Pupa: On the ground in the leaf litter

Notes: The initial mine is whitish and extends along the midrib and branches into blotches. Older mine are brownish. The penultimate instar larva is shown.

Data: 15.ix.2022 ex mine 12.ix.2022, Exminster Marshes, Devon,VC3

Image:© S.D.Beavan & R.J.Heckford