Stigmella anomalella Nepticulidae

ABH 4.015
B&F 92   *   Stigmella anomalella

Leaf mines on Rose (Rosa sp.)

Wingspan: 5-6mm
Season: Two generations, May and August

Food plant: Rose (Rosa spp.)
Mine: July and October-December
Egg underside, near vein. Mine forms long corridor, first section completely filled with greenish frass. Later frass with clear margins, can be +/- coiled.

Similar: S. centifoliella. First section with clear margins


Stigmella anomalella


Stigmella anomalella


Stigmella anomalella
Stigmella anomalella, leaf mine on Rose (Rosa sp.)
Badbury Rings, Dorset. October 2015

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