Species Details

ABH: 4.006

BF: 113

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella sakhalinella

Authority: Puplesis, 1984

Vernacular: Glossy Birch Dot

Account: Local in woodland and heathland throughout much of southern and western Britain, north to the Lake District. In south Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, well-distributed and relatively common, but distinctly uncommon in north Hampshire, where mainly confined to the north-eastern heaths where the foodplant grows in abundance. Wingspan 4-4.6 mm. Best identified from the larval mines on 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 — 4.6 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 89

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2020

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