Food Plant: Chenopodium spp. (Goosefoot), Sueda maritima (Annual sea-blite), Atriplex portulacoides (Sea purslane), Atriplex littoralis (Grass-leaved orache), Atriplex hastata (Hastate orache), Salicornia europaea (Common glasswort)

Mine: September - October

Pupa: Makes a cocoon of sand grains and detritus

Notes: The first instar larva tends to make a U-shaped mine (as shown), whereas later larvae make irregular mines. Final instar larvae spin the leaves together and feed in a silken tube amongst the seeds

Data: 29.viii.2022, West Runton, Norfolk, VC7

Image:© Rob Edmunds