Species Details

ABH: 4.044

BF: 64

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella continuella

Authority: (Stainton, 1856)

Vernacular: Silver-barred Birch Dot

Account: Local in woodland, heathland, marshes and other damp areas throughout much of south and north-west England. Widespread and fairly common in south Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, but in the north of the county mainly restricted to the acid soils of Pamber and the north-east heaths where the foodplant, birch, is most common.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan:

Surrey Flight Period: —

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Betula pendula (Silver Birch), Betula sp. (a birch).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/stigmella-continuella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 80

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2024

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