Species Details

ABH: 4.025

BF: 103

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella nylandriella

=Stigmella aucupariae

Authority: (Tengström, 1848)

Vernacular: Rowan Dot

Account: Common in woodland and heathland throughout much of Britain, more numerous in the north and west Adults difficult to distinguish from other Stigmella species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Rowan, 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: 3 — 5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 49

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2025

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