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Stigmella aurella

Checklist Number
04.045 [B&F: 0050]

Verification
Record requires retention of specimen until confirmed, and may require dissection. Consult with CMR if unsure

Classification

Family:Nepticulidae
Subfamily:Nepticulinae
Genus:Stigmella
Species:aurella
Authority:(Fabricius, 1775)

Common often abundant throughout the British Isles, less numerous in Scotland (records have been made from every recorded 10km square in the country). A widespread and abundant in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, found virtually wherever the foodplants are present: any patch of bramble, even isolated plants, may exhibit the distinctive trail of the vacated mine of this species. Larva mines leaves of Bramble, Agrimony, Tormentil, Water Avens, Wood Avens and Wild Strawberry (the species was formerly divided into several different species on the basis of the various larval food plants utilised.) The long, sinuous mines are described in the following link:
leafmines.co.uk
.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)