4.043 BF63 – Beautiful Elm Dot – Stigmella lemniscella – (Zeller, 1839)
Adult Micro: CAT 4 – Dissection required – 
Leaf-miner: CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – 
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Leaf-miner: CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – – click for General Verification Guidelines | – click for Specific Verification Guidelines 
– Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data 
– Leaf-miner
– difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required. ID pointers: The egg can be found on either side of the leaf and the frass is dispersed in the early part of the mine. A narrow gallery that often follows the leaf edge. Found on Ulmus (Elm). Adults are attractive with a bronzy tinge to the wing,a black head and a silvery fascia
Distribution: (Last record: 20 August 2025 at Wyver Lane, Belper ) – National Status – Distributed throughout the British Isles, scarcer further north – Derbyshire status unknown due to very little data only a few leaf mine records. Leaf Mines 20/8/2025 Wyver Lane, Belper.
General Comment: None Mine Period Additional: June – July and September – October
Mine ID Difficulty: Not Recorded
Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: None.
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Last Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Dave Evans
Last Recorded General Area – Wyver Lane, Belper
Selected Images: Dave Evans – September 2024 & September 2022 – Wyver Lane, Belper.
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Temporal Distribution Chart
Immatures: (between 2008 - 2025)
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Distribution Map for Stigmella lemniscella
Found 28 records
↳ from 2026+
↳ 14 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 14 from Before 2020
↳ from 2026+
↳ 14 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 14 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Stigmella lemniscella
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Monthly Records By Year:
Stigmella lemniscella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year:
Stigmella lemniscella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Stigmella lemniscella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]
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Recordings By Year: Stigmella lemniscella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Stigmella lemniscella
AGR: 10.4% | Total % Change: 437.5%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Stigmella lemniscella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Stigmella lemniscella
Stigmella lemniscella
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 lemniscella
Stigmella lemniscella
( 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 lemniscella – 28 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Site Name | Tetrad | Date | Count | Stage | Recorder | Source | RecordKey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markham Vale North Tip | SK47L | 22/10/2025 | 3 | mine | Radford, Mark | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46216703 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 09/09/2025 | 1 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45208278 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 26/08/2025 | 5 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44786057 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 20/08/2025 | 14 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44638475 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 13/08/2025 | 5 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44440554 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 06/08/2025 | 3 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44213118 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 23/07/2025 | 5 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC43746485 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 23/07/2025 | 7 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC43746591 |
| Burton upon Trent | SK32P | 05/11/2024 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC41038901 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 30/10/2024 | 2 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC39056469 |
| Lathkill Dale | SK16X | 16/10/2024 | 1 | mine | Harvey, Martin C. | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38901104 |
| Chee Dale | SK17G | 15/10/2024 | 1 | larva | Harvey, Martin C. | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38900832 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 12/09/2024 | 2 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38431777 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 04/09/2024 | 3 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38312556 |
| Grange Wood | SK21S | 13/09/2018 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35106425 |
| Thorpe, Ashbourne DE, UK | SK15K | 13/10/2010 | 1 | Larva | Orridge, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44257393 |
| Thorpe, Dovedale | SK15K | 13/10/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COTQV |
| Ashford in the Water | SK16Z | 22/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COZGN |
| Ashford in the Water | SK16Z | 22/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP6P2 |
| Bamford | SK28B | 21/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | K. McCabe;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COTQ6 |
| Lathkill Dale | SK16Y | 04/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP6LT |
| Hopton Wood NR | SK25T | 16/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COT0M |
| Linacre Wood | SK37G | 13/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP54J |
| Hope | SK18R | 07/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COSZT |
| Norbury | SK14G | 01/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COWYA |
| Ashbourne | SK14T | 01/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COWYI |
| Tissington Trail, Ashbourne | SK14T | 01/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP05P |
| Strines, New Mills | SJ98T | 17/09/2008 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP4LC |