4.071 BF40  -  Nepticulidae -  Nepticulinae - Bohemannia pulverosella - Speckled Apple Dot - (Stainton, 1849) Adult Micro:  CAT 4 - Gen. Det. Required - Gen-Det-Reqd       Leaf-miner:  CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required - reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black - Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data        purple - Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro  >>  Nepticulidae Other Name/s: Dusty Apple Pigmy ID Difficulty:  Red - difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Ectoedemia atricollis, Stigmella incognitella
ID pointers: A darkish brown with an overall ochreous speckled appearance, paler towards the wing tip and cilia. Yellowish head with whitish eye-cups
Distribution:  Uncertain due to insufficient data – Only report from 1916-1919 – when it was known as common in Willington
Flight Period: May /  Mine Period: June /  July /   - Larvae create a distinctive blotch mine in the leaves of apple Moth Activity: Cathemeral   - occasionally attracted to light Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 18 February 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 6-7mm
Food Plant: Apple
No Last Date Information Recorded
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded
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