4.047 BF53 - Nepticulidae - Nepticulinae - Stigmella splendidissimella - Shining Bramble Dot

4.047 BF53 - Nepticulidae - Nepticulinae - Stigmella splendidissimella - Shining Bramble Dot - (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

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

Leaf-miner: CAT R - Moth will need to be reared and possibly dissected -

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- Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data - Leaf Miner

Taxonomy: Micro >> Nepticulidae

Other Name/s: Glossy Bramble 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 aurella

ID pointers: Like a lot of Nepticulidae typically marked with Black head, coppery-purple forewing with straight, metallic golden fascia.

Further ID Pointers: 🔗 Leaf Mine identification re S.aurella v S.splendidissimella

Distribution: (Last record: 2015 ) - Uncertain due to insufficient data – 1881 Repton ; Beeley/Rowsley 20/10/2015

Flight Period: April / May / August / - Two generations

Mine Period: July / September / October / - An extremely long and sinuous gallery through the leaf Verification Grade comments on Stigmella splendidisimella – Mine: Larvae needs to be reared and gen.det undertaken to determine. Adult: gen.det to determine.

Moth Activity: Cathemeral - occasionally attracted to light

Photographed: No - Photographed By: Not Recorded

*** Last updated on 20 February 2025 by TD ***

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Wingspan: 4-5mm

Food Plant: Dewberry

Last Recorded Year: 2015

Last Recorded By: Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded

No First Date Information Recorded

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