Species Details

ABH: 4.057

BF: 85

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella suberivora

Authority: (Stainton, 1869)

Vernacular: Plain Holm Oak Dot

Account: Local in gardens, orchards and parks throughout much of southern England, predominantly coastal Imago seldom encountered at light, and more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Evergreen Oak.

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 — 6.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Quercus ilex (Evergreen Oak).

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-suberivora/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 11

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2012

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