4.041 BF66  -  Nepticulidae -  Nepticulinae - Stigmella sorbi - Barred Rowan Dot - (Stainton, 1861) Adult Micro:  CAT 4 - Gen. Det. Required - Gen-Det-Reqd       Leaf-miner:  CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required - reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black - Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data        purple - Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro  >>  Nepticulidae Other Name/s: Barred Rowan Pigmy ID Difficulty:  Red - difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Stigmella lapponica, Stigmella confusella
ID pointers: Pale yellow-grey forewing with a broad pale and poorly defined yellowish fascia. Relatively large than other Nepticulidae.
Distribution:  Uncertain due to insufficient data – 1986 Beeley Moor – Maybe locally common where there is Mountain Ash
Flight Period: May /  Mine Period: June /  July /   - An early leaf miner and the mine is a narrow gallery soon becoming a large round blotch with scattered frass, and these are very obvious, often several to a compound leaf. Moth Activity: Cathemeral   - occasionally attracted to light Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 24 February 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 6-7mm
Food Plant: Rowan
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Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded
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