4.054 BF79 – Least Hawthorn Dot – Stigmella perpygmaeella – (Doubleday, 1859)
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 species is fairly well-distributed throughout Britain. The larvae of this species feed on hawthorn (Crataegus), where they form a compact twisting gallery that usually becomes a ‘false blotch’ – where the gallery twists back on itself and touches the sides of the earlier part of the gallery. Adults have an orange head with creamy white eye caps the overall colour is a grey brown with a slight bronze or purplish sheen
Distribution: (Last record: 20 August 2025 at Belper ) – National Status – Common – Derbyshire status unknown – This photo of the leaf mine represents a first record for VC57 & Derbyshire. Lack of records and under-recorded. 13 mines found on 20/8/2025 at Wyver Lane on Hawthorn
General Comment: None Mine Period Additional: Leaf mine – July and October
Mine ID Difficulty: Not Recorded
Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: None.
*** Last updated on 12 October 2025 by TD ***
Last Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Dave Evans
Last Recorded General Area – Belper
Selected Images: Dave Evans – 1st September 2024 – Wyver Lane, Belper/ Rose End Meadows (2009) – Steve Orridge©
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Temporal Distribution Chart
Immatures: (between 2001 - 2025)
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Distribution Map for Stigmella perpygmaeella
Found 12 records
↳ from 2026+
↳ 3 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 9 from Before 2020
↳ from 2026+
↳ 3 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 9 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Stigmella perpygmaeella
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Monthly Records By Year:
Stigmella perpygmaeella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year:
Stigmella perpygmaeella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Stigmella perpygmaeella
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Recordings By Year: Stigmella perpygmaeella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Stigmella perpygmaeella
AGR: 8.45% | Total % Change: 600%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Stigmella perpygmaeella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Stigmella perpygmaeella
Stigmella perpygmaeella
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 perpygmaeella
Stigmella perpygmaeella
( 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 perpygmaeella – 12 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Site Name | Tetrad | Date | Count | Stage | Recorder | Source | RecordKey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 20/08/2025 | 13 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44638480 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 13/08/2025 | 1 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44440555 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 04/09/2024 | 3 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38312383 |
| Thorpe, Dovedale | SK15K | 13/10/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COTQX |
| Ladybower Resr | SK18U | 03/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COXJ0 |
| Howden Resr | SK19L | 25/08/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP09G |
| Upper Wood, Howden Resr | SK19R | 25/08/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP09U |
| Rose End Meadow | SK25Y | 16/10/2009 | 1 | mine | Orridge, Steve; Hind, Steve, Budworth, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC40312700 |
| Cromford, Matlock DE, UK | SK25Y | 16/10/2009 | 1 | Larva | Orridge, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45287559 |
| Rose End Meadows NR,Cromford | SK25Y | 16/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP56B |
| Coombs Dale,Stoney Middleton | SK27H | 12/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP549 |
| Broomfield Hall, Morley, Derby | SK34V | 03/11/2001 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP1FG |