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Stigmella suberivora
Plain Holm Oak Dot (Stainton, 1869)
Nepticulidae: Nepticulinae
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Photo © Patrick Clement,  Reared from mine on Holm Oak, Quercus ilex (S. Whitehouse), Longdon, Worcestershire. Photo March 2019.

Similar West Midlands Species
Speckled Holm Oak Dot
Ectoedemia heringella
Wingspan: 5-6.5 mm
Flight: Two generations, April / May and August
Foodplant:   Holm Oak
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: -  Mine: L

Rare resident, restricted to the very south of the region.

Mines can be found in Quercus ilex with larva feeding in July and from October to March. In a broad irregular gallery mine almost filled with dark frass.

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 9 (6%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1987.
Last Recorded in 2021.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
18/02/2021137SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB
18/01/2020237SO84 - Hanley Swan/Upton on Severn
23/02/2019137SO83 - Longdon/Ripple
06/12/2018737SO85 - Worcester
06/12/20183037SO85 - Worcester
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