4.002 BF116 – Nepticulidae – Nepticulinae – Stigmella lapponica

Nepticulidae – Nepticulinae – Stigmella laponica – Drab Birch Pigmy

Status – National Status – Fairly common throughout the British Isles – Derbyshire status unknown.

ID  Pointers – A Leaf-miner -A long linear mine, filled with cloudy greenish frass for the first part, then changing suddenly to a narrow central band of black frass with clear margins. Found on Betula (Birch)

Mine – June – July and October

Image – Dave Evans – August 2022 – Wyver Lane, Belper.

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