4.055 BF81 – Nepticulidae – Nepticulinae – Stigmella hemargyrella
Nepticulidae – Nepticulinae – Stigmella hemargyrella – Beech Pigmy
Status – National Status – Common – Derbyshire status unknown
ID Pointers – A Leaf-miner – The mine is a sinuous gallery, with coiled frass in the central part of the gallery. The mine has the egg displaced from the midrib, unlike Stigmella tityrella, which has the egg on the underside against the midrib. The mine in the photograph is shown on Fagus (Beech)
Mine – June and August – September
Image – Dave Evans – September 17th 2021 – Wyver Lane, Belper.
