Species Details

ABH: 4.043

BF: 63

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella lemniscella

=Stigmella marginicolella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Beautiful Elm Dot

Account: Common throughout much of the British Isles, more numerous in the south. While the adult moth, like most Stigmella requires dissection to identify, unless bred, it is best recorded from the larval mines on the leaves of Elm.

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:

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-lemniscella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 119

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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