Species Details

ABH: 4.007

BF: 112

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella luteella

Authority: (Stainton, 1857)

Vernacular: Short-barred Dot

Account: Widely distributed and locally common throughout much of Britain and more locally in Ireland Records of adult moths require dissection for confirmation. Larva mines leaves of Birch, over-wintering as a pupa. 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: 4.7 — 5.2 mm

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: 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-luteella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 50

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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