Tischeriidae

10.006 Rose Blotch-miner Coptotriche angusticollella (Duponchel, [1843])

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: 4 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, downland and scrub, especially near the coast.

Habits: There is occasionally a second generation in July with adults in August.

Foodplant: A large whitish, inflated, upper-surface blotch mine on a rose which often occupies the entire leaf. A silk lining contracts the mine doubling the leaf along the midrib. It pupates in the mine.