Species Details

ABH: 4.042

BF: 67

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella plagicolella

Authority: (Stainton, 1854)

Vernacular: Blue-shot Dot

Account: Common in hedgerows and scrubland throughout much of the British Isles, except for Scotland Imago can only be separated from similar Stigmella species by dissection of the genitalia, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when the distinctive mines in the leaves of Prunus sp., especially Blackthorn, can be easy to spot where present.

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 — 5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Oct (2009) — 22 Oct (2009)

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

Foodplant: Prunus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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-plagicolella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 206

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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