Species Details

ABH: 4.019

BF: 95

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella viscerella

Authority: (Stainton, 1853)

Vernacular: Plain Elm Dot

Account: Local throughout much of England, with records north to Durham. A species whose distribution will have been impacted by the diminishment of elm in the two counties, it can still be found in scattered localities as mines in the leaves of Elm.

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:

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Ulmus procera (English Elm), Ulmus sp. (an elm).

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-viscerella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 56

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2020

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