4.044 BF64 - Nepticulidae - Nepticulinae - Stigmella continuella - Silver-barred Birch Dot

4.044 BF64 - Nepticulidae - Nepticulinae - Stigmella continuella - Silver-barred Birch Dot - (Satinton, 1856)

Adult Micro: CAT 4 - Gen. Det. Required -

Leaf-miner: CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required -

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- Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data - Leaf Miner

Taxonomy: Micro >> Nepticulidae

Other Name/s: Double-barred 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 lemniscella, Stigmella alnetella

ID pointers: The forewing is a dark bronze in colour with a silver and purple fascia. An orange head with white eye-caps

Distribution: (Last record: 2016 ) - Uncertain due to insufficient data – 1975 Bolsover ; Stannage Edge 22/7/2016

Flight Period: May / August / - Two generations

Mine Period: June / July / September / - Larvae form a distinctive mine which starts off with a brownish blotch and then becomes a gallery completely filled with greenish-brown frass

Moth Activity: Cathemeral - occasionally attracted to light

*** Last updated on 28 February 2025 by TD ***

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Wingspan: 4-5mm

Food Plant: Birch

Last Recorded Year: 2016

Last Recorded By: Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded

No First Date Information Recorded

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