Stigmella sakhalinella Nepticulidae

ABH 4.006
B&F 113   *   Stigmella sakhalinella

Leaf mine photographs on Birch, Betula. September 2011

Wingspan: 4-5mm
Season: Two generations, May and July-August

Food plant: Birch (Betula spp.)
Mine: July - October
Egg underside, near margin or leaf tip. Slender corridor, irregularly scalloped sides, coils of blackish-brown frass always leaving narrow, clear edges.

Similar: Stigmella continuella


Stigmella sakhalinella


Stigmella sakhalinella




Stigmella sakhalinella
Leaf mine on Birch, Betula. Studland, Dorset. September 2011

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