Species Details

ABH: 4.032

BF: 75

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella floslactella

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Speckled Hazel Dot

Account: Common in hedgerows and woodland throughout much of the British Isles, but not in northern Scotland Dissection is required to identify the adult moth, unless bred. Larva mines leaves of Hazel and less frequently, Hornbeam, over-wintering as a pupa. Occupied mines can be common when looked for in appropriate habitat in June and July and again between September and November. The mines are described in the following link:
leafmines.co.uk
.

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: 5 — 6 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Carpinus sp., Corylus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 221

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2024

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