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Stigmella viscerella
Plain Elm Dot (Stainton, 1853)
Nepticulidae: Nepticulinae
95 / 4.019
Photo © Patrick Clement,  Ex mine on Ulmus procera 4.10.20. Norton VC39, emerged 6.5.21.

Similar West Midlands Species
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Wingspan: 5-6mm
Flight: May / June
Foodplant:   Elm
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: -  Mine: L

Common resident.

Most easily recorded from leaf mines on Ulmus spp. with larva feeding in August to October. In a sinuous gallery mine which turns back and forth on itself forming a false blotch with gut-like arrangement of dispersed frass; larva green.

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 44 (31%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2021.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
03/10/2021140SJ51 - Shrewsbury/Haughmond Hill
25/10/2020237SO95 - Upton Snodsbury
14/10/2020137SO76 - Sapey Common & Great Witley
07/10/2020237SO76 - Sapey Common & Great Witley
01/10/2020237SO97 - Dodford/Lickey
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