Nepticulidae : Nepticulinae
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Photo © Patrick Clement,  Female, ex mine on Quercus, Halesowen, VC37. 8.11.20, emerged 14.4.21. (brought indoors). Gen Det.

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Stigmella atricapitella

(Haworth, 1828)83 / 4.061

Very common resident.

Mining the leaves of Quercus spp. with larva feeding in July and from September to November. In a gallery mine with variably dispersed frass; in the summer generation with a short line of thick frass, but often in a longer mine with linear frass in the autumn (cf. mine of S. robella). Ovum may be on either side of the leaf.

Verification Grade Comment: Second brood L. If larva present, otherwise unidentifiable

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 57 (41%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)
Additional Stats

Wingspan: 4.5-6mm
Flight: Two generations, May / Jun and August / September
Foodplant:   Oak
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: -  Mine: L
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Latest 5 Records (data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
28/08/20221VC39 - StaffordshireSK22 -
27/08/20221VC37 - WorcestershireSP18
26/08/20221VC37 - WorcestershireSP18
19/07/20221VC37 - WorcestershireSP18
02/11/20211VC40 - ShropshireSJ22 -
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