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Stigmella nylandriella
Rowan Dot (Tengsdtröm, 1848)
Nepticulidae: Nepticulinae
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Photo © Patrick Clement,  Ex mine on garden rowan, Halesowen, VC37, 31.7.20. adult emerged 13.4.21.

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Wingspan: 4-5mm
Flight: May / June
Foodplant:   Rowan
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: -  Mine: L

Fairly common resident in areas where foodplant is native.

Mines the leaves of Sorbus aucuparia with larva feeding in July and August in a long gallery mine, often following the leaf margin, with frass usually dispersed but sometimes linear; larva green.

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 59 (42%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
16/10/2022+40SJ43 - Welshampton/Whixall Moss
13/10/2022140SJ23 - Nant/Oswestry
23/09/2022140SJ40 - Bayston Hill/Pontesbury
18/09/2022140SO69 - Much Wenlock
03/10/2021+40SJ51 - Shrewsbury/Haughmond Hill
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