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  >> Nepticulinae
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:  (First record: 1916 at Wliington )  –  (Last record: 4 July 2025 at Norton Lees )  –  Uncertain due to insufficient data – Reported from 1916-1919 – when it was known as common in Willington Five other records between 2006 – 2010 all relate to Leaf Mines (see data on website) First record for 15 years from Norton Lees 4/7/2025 – Leaf Mine found on a garden apple tree.
Flight Period: May /  Mine Period: June /  July /   – Larvae create a distinctive blotch mine in the leaves of apple the large brown blotch distinguishes this from Ectoedemia atricollis and Stigmella incognitella (which mines on a vein). Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – occasionally attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Pete Mella  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 26 July 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 6-7mm
Food Plant: Apple
Last Recorded Year: 2025
First Recorded Year: 1916
Last Recorded By – Pete Mella
Last Recorded General Area – Norton Lees

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Norton Lees 4/7/2025 – Pete Mella©

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Distribution Map for Bohemannia pulverosella

Found 7 records
    ↳ 2 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 5 from Before 2020

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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.

Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.


NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Bohemannia pulverosella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Bohemannia pulverosella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Bohemannia pulverosella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


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

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Recordings By Year: Bohemannia pulverosella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Bohemannia pulverosella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%


CUSUM Analysis: Bohemannia pulverosella
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 21 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 7 (July) 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 2010, 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: Bohemannia pulverosella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Bohemannia pulverosella
( 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
Bohemannia pulverosella
( 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 - Bohemannia pulverosella – 7 records available

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

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStageSource
Bohemannia pulverosellaGraves ParkSK38L202515/08/20251minevc57_irecords_extract
Bohemannia pulverosellaNorton Lees, SheffieldSK38L202504/07/20251minevc57_irecords_extract
Bohemannia pulverosellaBamfordSK28B201021/09/20101Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bohemannia pulverosellaPadley Gorge, Nether PadleySK27P201019/08/20101Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bohemannia pulverosellaCoombs Dale,Stoney MiddletonSK27H200912/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bohemannia pulverosellaCarr Vale NR,BolsoverSK47K200613/09/20061Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bohemannia pulverosellaAbbotsholme School, RocesterSK13E200104/10/20011Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data

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