4.015 BF92 – Rose Dot – Stigmella anomalella – (Goeze, 1783)
Adult Micro: CAT 4 – Dissection required – 
Leaf-miner: CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – 
Larval Case: C1 – Distinctive Species –
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Leaf-miner: CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – Larval Case: C1 – Distinctive Species – – click for General Verification Guidelines | – click for Specific Verification Guidelines 
– Generally Common / Widespread 
– Leaf-miner
– difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required. ID pointers: Adults not often seen but plain bronzy wings, tinged greenish on the inner two-thirds, and slightly reddish towards the tip.
Distribution: National Status – Common – Derbyshire status unknown, likely to be a common leaf-mine. Adults are rarely recorded. Leaf Mines survey 20/8/2025 at Wyver Lane
General Comment: Notes by Christian heintzen on image dated 8/10/2025 – on Rose (Rosa) (A,B) > long gallery initially filled with greenish but eventually darkening frass (a), followed by a sharp transition to a variable frass pattern (b) but always leaving clear margins (c) > exit slit in upper epidermis (d).
Mine Period Additional: July and again in October-November.
Mine ID Difficulty:
– Care required in ID process as confusion with similar leaf mines. Quality photos of the mine required. Mine Type/s: Gallery
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: A Leaf-miner on Rose -(Rosa) – The gallery is filled with a greenish-brown frass. A clear corridor with the egg on the underside of the leaf near a vein. The mine is a long sinuous gallery crossing and turning back on itself. Christian Heintzen’s amazing image shows the larva is dead or at least incapacitated. Christian says ” The dark blob at the rear is convulsing regularly – most likely the larva of a parasitic wasp that is eating the larva from its rear end. If the number of parasitised larva I have come across so far is anything to go by the extent of parasitism must be huge”.
*** Last updated on 5 February 2026 by RP ***
Blue-coded] moths is not displayed/updated in this tab. However, all verified records for this moth are listed in the RECORDS tab below. Selected Images: Dave Evans – September 11th 2021 – Wyver Lane, Belper / Rose End Meadows (2009)- Steve Orridge© / Glossop Sept 2025 – Christian Heintzen© / Staunton Harold Res 28/10/2025 – Tony Davison© / Glossop Oct 2025 – Christian Heintzen©
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Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2020 - 2024) | Immatures: (between 2001 - 2025)
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Distribution Map for Stigmella anomalella
Found 41 records
↳ from 2026+
↳ 24 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 17 from Before 2020
↳ from 2026+
↳ 24 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 17 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Stigmella anomalella
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Monthly Records By Year:
Stigmella anomalella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year:
Stigmella anomalella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Stigmella anomalella
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Recordings By Year: Stigmella anomalella
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Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Stigmella anomalella
AGR: 4.56% | Total % Change: 191.7%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Stigmella anomalella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Stigmella anomalella
Stigmella anomalella
Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2026.
Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Stigmella anomalella
Stigmella anomalella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2026.
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Stigmella anomalella – 41 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Site Name | Tetrad | Date | Count | Stage | Recorder | Source | RecordKey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinfin Moor LNR | SK33K | 02/11/2025 | 10 | mine | Shervill, Andrew | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46201043 |
| Staunton Harold Reservoir, Derbyshire | SK32S | 28/10/2025 | 2 | mine | Davison, Tony | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46136310 |
| Ingleby Avenue, Derby | SK33L | 16/10/2025 | 10 | mine | Shervill, Andrew | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45952564 |
| Chaddesden, Derby, Derby | SK33T | 11/10/2025 | 1 | mine | Shervill, Andrew | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45894077 |
| Glossop, Hague Street | SK09G | 08/10/2025 | 2 | Leaf-mine | Heintzen, Christian | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC47521361 |
| Glossop, Gnat Hole | SK09L | 07/09/2025 | 1 | Leaf-mine | Heintzen, Christian | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC47521355 |
| Glossop, Gnat Hole | SK09L | 28/08/2025 | 2 | Leaf-mine | Heintzen, Christian | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC47521338 |
| Sunnydale LNR | SK33G | 25/08/2025 | 1 | mine | Shervill, Andrew | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44745853 |
| Meersbrook Park (Walled Garden) | SK38M | 24/08/2025 | 1 | mine | Mella, Pete | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44861657 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 20/08/2025 | 3 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44638476 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 13/08/2025 | 1 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44440553 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 06/08/2025 | 1 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44213047 |
| Derbyshire, UK | SK17L | 03/12/2024 | 1 | Adult | Orridge, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC40158522 |
| Pottery Wood | SK32G | 05/11/2024 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC41038944 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 30/10/2024 | 2 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC39056467 |
| Monsall Head | SK17V | 14/10/2024 | 1 | mine | Harvey, Martin C. | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38894098 |
| River Derwent, Derby | SK33S | 21/09/2024 | 1 | mine | Neil Gregory | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38567707 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 12/09/2024 | 2 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38431778 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 04/09/2024 | 2 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38312244 |
| Belper | SK34U | 09/08/2024 | 1 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38202518 |
| Belper | SK34U | 09/08/2024 | 1 | mine (tenant | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38202519 |
| Former Saint-Gobain Pipeworks, Staveley [centroid] | SK47C | 20/10/2020 | 1 | Mine | Godfrey, A. | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33989281 |
| Former Staveley Iron Works, Staveley [centroid] | SK47C | 30/08/2020 | 1 | Adult | Godfrey, A. | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33990105 |
| Former Staveley Chemical Works, Staveley [centroid] | SK47H | 24/08/2020 | 1 | Adult | Godfrey, A. | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33989807 |
| Thorpe, Dovedale | SK15K | 13/10/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COTQR |
| Ashford in the Water | SK16Z | 22/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP6PM |
| Bamford | SK28B | 21/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | K. McCabe;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COTQ1 |
| Hopton Wood NR | SK25T | 16/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP55H |
| Rose End Meadow | SK25Y | 16/10/2009 | 1 | mine | Orridge, Steve; Hind, Steve, Budworth, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC40312696 |
| Cromford, Matlock DE, UK | SK25Y | 16/10/2009 | 1 | Larva | Orridge, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44257390 |
| Rose End Meadows NR,Cromford | SK25Y | 16/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP568 |
| Linacre Wood | SK37G | 13/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COWZV |
| Stoney Middleton | SK27H | 12/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COWZM |
| Coombs Dale,Stoney Middleton | SK27H | 12/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP544 |
| Hope | SK18R | 07/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COSZN |
| Tissington Trail, Ashbourne | SK14T | 01/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COWYX |
| Swadlincote (Sainsbury's borders) | SK21Z | 29/09/2008 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COWOL |
| Lathkill Dale,Bakewell | SK26D | 19/09/2008 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP4M0 |
| Shallcross Wood, Goyt Valley, Whaley Bridge | SK07E | 26/09/2006 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP9YF |
| Hillclifflane, nr Idridgehay | SK24Y | 02/11/2002 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP1HF |
| Abbotsholme School, Rocester | SK13E | 04/10/2001 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP1EO |