Larval feeding signs in Ribes rubrum. The wilted leaves with the presence of frass indicate feeding larvae within shoots. Worcestershire, 21st March 2019.
The native food plants for this species are Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana) and Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus) but cultivated Viburnum species may also be used, particularly the evergreen, winter-flowering Viburnum tinus which is commonly found in gardens and as municipal planting.
The native food plants for this species are Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana) and Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus) but cultivated Viburnum species may also be used, particularly the evergreen, winter-flowering Viburnum tinus which is commonly found in gardens and as municipal planting.
On Scots Pine, Highgate Common, Staffordshire. February 2019.
After initially mining a needle, feeding internally, the larva vacates the mine, spinning up next to a bud, boring into it to feed.
Mine on Scots Pine, Highgate Common, Staffordshire, 21st February 2019.
Note there is no frass in the mine as it is ejected through one or two holes (hole visible at base of mine).
Corngreaves Nature Reserve, VC39.
On hornbeam (Carpinus).
The early mines are silvery, upper-surface blisters (left) which, as they mature, distort the leaf upwards (middle) often resulting in a fold (right).
