Nepticulidae ABH 4.032 B&F 75   *   Stigmella floslactella Photographs: Leaf mines on Hazel (Corylus advenella). Sept 2011 Wingspan: 6mm Season: Two generations, May and August Food plants: Hazel (Corylus) and Hornbeam (Carpinus) Mine: June-July and September-October Egg underside of leaf in leaf axil. Initially a slender corridor, the first third almost filled by frass, then widening, the frass leaving clear margins. Similar: Stigmella microtheriella

Stigmella floslactella
Parkstone, Dorset. September 2011