Hi all, I found this leafmine today on a Camalondin which was for sale in a Tesco store today, The Mine is made by the Micro Moth Phyllocnistis citrella which is a tropical species but finds its way into Britain on imported Citrus plants, you can see a fold on the left side of the leaf where the Moth larva has tried to pupate but it appears to have died during this stage of its lifecycle, I will go back tomorrow to see if I can find some more tenanted leaves and try to rear one through to its Adult stage.
Steve.
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