4.056 BF65 – Beautiful Sycamore Dot – Stigmella speciosa – (Frey, 1858)
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.Confusion Species: Stigmella aurella, Stigmella lemniscella
ID pointers: A golden brown-purple forewing with a narrow silver or pale-gold fascia
Distribution: (First record: 3 September 2007 at New Mills ) – (Last record: 12 September 2024 at Cote Heath ) – Uncertain due to insufficient data -Two records in 2023 Calke Park & Calver’s Rocks and two records in 2024, all of the leaf mine.
General Comment: None Mine Period Additional: The mine is slender with narrow black frass. The frass in the later part of the mine can be neatly scattered, or remain a narrow central line.
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: 2024
First Recorded Year: 2007
Last Recorded By – Jon Mortin
Last Recorded General Area – Cote Heath
Selected Images:
Ashford-in-the-Water – 2010-Steve Orridge© / Cote Heath Allotments, Buxton – (2024) Jon Mortin©
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Temporal Distribution Chart
Immatures: (between 2007 - 2025)
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Distribution Map for Stigmella speciosa
Found 14 records
↳ from 2026+
↳ 9 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 5 from Before 2020
↳ from 2026+
↳ 9 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 5 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Stigmella speciosa
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the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.
Monthly Records By Year:
Stigmella speciosa
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year:
Stigmella speciosa
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Stigmella speciosa
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]
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Recordings By Year: Stigmella speciosa
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Stigmella speciosa
AGR: 6.29% | Total % Change: 200%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Stigmella speciosa
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Stigmella speciosa
Stigmella speciosa
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 speciosa
Stigmella speciosa
( 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 speciosa – 14 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Site Name | Tetrad | Date | Count | Stage | Recorder | Source | RecordKey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markham Vale South Tip | SK47K | 13/11/2025 | 1 | mine | Radford, Mark | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46379721 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 09/09/2025 | 1 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45208277 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 02/09/2025 | 2 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45019515 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 26/08/2025 | 1 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44786054 |
| Ingleby Ave, Derby | SK33L | 21/08/2025 | 10 | mine | Shervill, Andrew | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44654768 |
| Burton upon Trent | SK32P | 05/11/2024 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC41038903 |
| Cote Heath Allotments | SK07R | 12/09/2024 | 1 | mine | Mortin, Jon | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38436635 |
| Calke Park | SK32R | 01/10/2023 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35105528 |
| Carver's Rocks | SK32G | 30/09/2023 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35106072 |
| Kirk Dale, Ashford in the Water | SK16Z | 22/09/2010 | 1 | Larva | Orridge, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44257389 |
| Ashford in the Water | SK16Z | 22/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP6P6 |
| Carvers Rocks, Hartshorne, Swadlincote | SK32G | 22/08/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP6IM |
| Linacre Wood | SK37G | 13/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP54O |
| Mousley Bottom, New Mills | SJ98X | 03/09/2007 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP44W |