4.015 BF92  –  Nepticulidae –  Nepticulinae – Stigmella anomalella – Rose Dot – (Goeze, 1783) Adult Micro:  CAT 4 – Gen. Det. Required – Gen-Det-Reqd       Leaf-miner:  CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – reared and possibly dissected       Larval Case:  C1 – Distinctive Species –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Blue –  Generally Common / Widespread        purple – Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Nepticulidae  >> Nepticulinae
Other Name/s: Rose Leaf-miner
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
ID pointers: A Leaf-miner – The gallery is filled with a greenish-brown frass. A clear corridor with the egg on the underside of the leaf near a vein. The mine is a long sinuous gallery crossing and turning back on itself. The mine in the photograph is on Rosa (Rose) Adults not often seen but plain bronzy wings, tinged greenish on the inner two-thirds, and slightly reddish towards the tip.
Distribution:  National Status – Common – Derbyshire status unknown, likely to be a common leaf-mine. Adults are rarely recorded. Leaf Mines survey 20/8/2025 at Wyver Lane
Flight Period: May /  August /  –  Two generations, May and August Mine Period: July /  October /  November /   – July and again in October-November. Christian Heintzen’s amazing image shows the larva is dead or at least incapacitated.Christian says ” The dark blob at the rear is convulsing regularly – most likely the larva of a parasitic wasp that is eating the larva from its rear end. If the number of parasitised larva I have come across so far is anything to go by the extent of parasitism must be huge”.  – but can be disturbed during the day Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Dave Evans; Steve Orridge, Christian Heintzen, Tony Davison  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 28 October 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 5-6mm
Food Plant: Rose
Recorded dates for Common [Blue code Blue-coded] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.

Selected Images:  Dave Evans – September 11th 2021 – Wyver Lane, Belper / Rose End Meadows (2009)- Steve Orridge© / Glossop Sept 2025 – Christian Heintzen© / Staunton Harold Res 28/10/2025 – Tony Davison©

 
 


Distribution Map for Stigmella anomalella

Found 35 records
    ↳ 6 from After 2025
    ↳ 12 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 17 from Before 2020
Flying
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Mining
Jan
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Mar
Apr
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

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NBN Atlas UK Distribution - This moth may be an aggregate and as such no specific records of distribution exist.


Monthly Records By Year: Stigmella anomalella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Stigmella anomalella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Stigmella anomalella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Stigmella anomalella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Stigmella anomalella
AGR: 1.21%   |   Total % Change: 33.3%


CUSUM Analysis: Stigmella anomalella
About this chart: CUSUM (Cumulative Sum) charts track long-term trends in moth populations [ filtered by 'Adult' and 'Mine' life stages ] by showing whether each year’s counts are above or below the historical average. Even small shifts build up over time, making trends of growth, stability, or decline easier to see. CUSUM highlights trend-consistency — asking: “Across the years, have moth counts mostly stayed above or below average?”
The data sample has 17 gap year/s here (zero records) between 2000 and 2025. The moth may have been present in those gap years, but no data was available. Too many year-gaps may exaggerate or skew the chart.

Counts for the current year (2025) are pro-rated based on data available up to month 9 (September) to provide a full-year equivalent.

Purple line rises = years better than average; falls = years worse than average.
Peak (best year) Trough (worst year) Growth periods Decline periods
Population peaked around 2025, reaching above average levels. The lowest population point occurred near 2020, showing a significant decline.

What the Y-axis "Cumulative Deviation" means: Cumulative Deviation shows the running total of how each year’s moth population count differs from the long-term average. i

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Stigmella anomalella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Stigmella anomalella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

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 2020-2025.

Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Stigmella anomalella
( 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 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Stigmella anomalella – 35 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Chaddesden, Derby, DerbySK33T11/10/20251minevc57_irecords_extract
Sunnydale LNRSK33G25/08/20251minevc57_irecords_extract
Meersbrook Park (Walled Garden)SK38M24/08/20251minevc57_irecords_extract
DWT Wyver LaneSK34P20/08/20253mine (empty)vc57_irecords_extract
DWT Wyver LaneSK34P13/08/20251mine (empty)vc57_irecords_extract
DWT Wyver LaneSK34P06/08/20251mine (empty)vc57_irecords_extract
Derbyshire, UKSK17L03/12/20241Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Pottery WoodSK32G05/11/20241Minevc57_irecords_extract
DWT Wyver LaneSK34P30/10/20242mine (empty)vc57_irecords_extract
Monsall HeadSK17V14/10/20241minevc57_irecords_extract
River Derwent, DerbySK33S21/09/20241minevc57_irecords_extract
DWT Wyver LaneSK34P12/09/20242mine (empty)vc57_irecords_extract
DWT Wyver LaneSK34P04/09/20242mine (empty)vc57_irecords_extract
BelperSK34U09/08/20241mine (empty)vc57_irecords_extract
BelperSK34U09/08/20241mine (tenantvc57_irecords_extract
Former Saint-Gobain Pipeworks, Staveley [centroid]SK47C20/10/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Former Staveley Iron Works, Staveley [centroid]SK47C30/08/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Former Staveley Chemical Works, Staveley [centroid]SK47H24/08/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Thorpe, DovedaleSK15K13/10/20101Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Ashford in the WaterSK16Z22/09/20101Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
BamfordSK28B21/09/20101Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Rose End MeadowSK25Y16/10/20091minevc57_irecords_extract
Cromford, Matlock DE, UKSK25Y16/10/20091Larvavc57_irecords_extract
Hopton Wood NRSK25T16/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Rose End Meadows NR,CromfordSK25Y16/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Linacre WoodSK37G13/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Stoney MiddletonSK27H12/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Coombs Dale,Stoney MiddletonSK27H12/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
HopeSK18R07/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Tissington Trail, AshbourneSK14T01/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Swadlincote (Sainsbury's borders)SK21Z29/09/20081Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Lathkill Dale,BakewellSK26D19/09/20081Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Shallcross Wood, Goyt Valley, Whaley BridgeSK07E26/09/20061Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Hillclifflane, nr IdridgehaySK24Y02/11/20021Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Abbotsholme School, RocesterSK13E04/10/20011Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data

 
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