4.076 BF20  -  Nepticulidae -  Nepticulinae - Etainia decentella - Sycamore Seed Dot - (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) 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
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Other Name/s: Sycamore-seed Pigmy ID Difficulty:  Red - difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Etainia louisella, Stigmella trimaculella
ID pointers: No information at this time
Distribution:  Uncertain due to insufficient data – first record Cressbrook Dale 1996 ; Norton Lees 2019 ; VC57 Sheffield 2024.
Flight Period: June /  August /  -  Two Generations  - The larvae mine the seed keys of Sycamore Moth Activity: Cathemeral   - occasionally attracted to light Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 18 March 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 5-8mm
Food Plant: Sycamore
No Last Date Information Recorded
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded
No First Date Information Recorded

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