4.075 BF22  –  Nepticulidae –  Nepticulinae – Etainia louisella – Maple Seed Dot – (Zeller, 1839) 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: Maple-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 sericopeza
ID pointers: No information at this time
Distribution:  (Last record: 15 August 2024 at Spring lakes, Buxton )  –  Uncertain due to insufficient data – 2011 – Marehay / latest – leaf mine -15/8/2024 Buxton
Flight Period: April /  May /  July /  September /  –  Two – three generations April-May and July, September Mine Period: June /  July /  September /  October /   – The larva mines the seed keys (samaras) of field maple, forming an irregular gallery commencing in the wing and concluding in the seed itself. Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – occasionally attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Neil Gregory  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 9 July 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 7mm
Food Plant: Field Maple
Last Recorded Year: 2024
Last Recorded By – Neil Gregory
Last Recorded General Area – Spring lakes, Buxton

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Buxton – 15/8/2024 – Neil Gregory©

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Distribution Map for Etainia louisella

Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 1 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 0 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 – Etainia louisella

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


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

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Recordings By Year: Etainia louisella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Etainia louisella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Etainia louisella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Etainia louisella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Etainia louisella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Etainia louisella
( 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
Etainia louisella
( 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 - Etainia louisella – 1 records available

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

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStageSource
Etainia louisellaSpring LakesSK53A202415/08/20241minevc57_irecords_extract

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