4.043 BF63 – Nepticulidae – Nepticulinae – Stigmella lemniscella

Nepticulidae – Nepticulinae – Stigmella lemniscella – Red Elm PIgmy

Status – National Status – Distributed throughout the British Isles, scarcer further north – Derbyshire status unknown.

ID  Pointers – A Leaf-miner – The egg can be found on either side of the leaf and the frass is dispersed in the early part of the mine. A narrow gallery that often follows the leaf edge. Found on Ulmus (Elm)

Mine – June – July & Sept-Oct 

Image – Dave Evans – September 2022 – Wyver Lane, Belper

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