4.082 BF25  -  Nepticulidae -  Nepticulinae - Ectoedemia intimella - White-spot Sallow Dot - (Zeller, 1848) 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: Black-spot Sallow 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 salicis, Stigmella obliquella
ID pointers: Adults are mostly blackish with a slight purple sheen and an obvious white or creamy blotch. The head is orange or yellowish.
Distribution:  (Last record: 1975 )  -  Uncertain due to insufficient data – one record from 1975 – likely to be no longer a resident
Flight Period: June /  -  A single generation Mine Period: September /  October /  November /   - The larvae mine the leaves of sallow, initially mining the midrib of the leaf. Subsequently it mines into the leaf-blade, and tends to form a fairly distinctive blotch containing two lines of frass. Moth Activity: Cathemeral   - occasionally attracted to light Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 24 February 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 5-6mm
Food Plant: Sallows
Last Recorded Year: 1975
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded
No First Date Information Recorded

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