Stigmella basiguttella (Shoulder-spot Dot) - iMoths


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Stigmella basiguttella
Shoulder-spot Dot (Heinemann, 1862)
Nepticulidae : Nepticulinae

89 / 4.058

Photo © Mike Shurmer, vacated mine on Oak, Lyth Hill, Shropshire, 2 December 2023

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Black-headed Dot Stigmella atricapitella

Wingspan:	4.5-6mm
Flight:	Two generations, May / June and July / August
Foodplant:	Oak
Nat Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: - Mine: A

Fairly common resident.

Most easily recorded from mines on Quercus spp. with larva feeding in June/July and September/October. In a gallery mine completely filled with green frass, becoming brown in old mines. Ovum on upperside of leaf.

Recorded in 36 (26%) 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	#	VC	10k Area
24/11/2022	1	39	SK02 - Blithfield/Chartley Moss
18/11/2022	2	40	SJ71 - Newport
18/11/2022	+	37	SO86 - Droitwich Spa
12/10/2022	+	39	SO89 - Himley/Penn
28/08/2022	2	39	SK22 - Burton-on-Trent

Further info: Stigmella basiguttella

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		West Midlands Moths (Full)

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