Species Details

ABH: 4.005

BF: 110

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella betulicola

=Stigmella betulicola f. nanivora

Authority: (Stainton, 1856)

Vernacular: Birch Dot

Account: Local on well-wooded heathland throughout much of the British Isles The adult requires dissection for certain identification; the larva mines leaves of Silver and Downy Birch, over-wintering as a pupa.
In the Scottish Highlands, f. nanivora, considered by some authorities to be a separate species, mines Dwarf Birch.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 3.4 — 4.6 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Betula nana (Dwarf Birch), Betula pendula (Silver Birch), Betula sp. (a birch).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/stigmella-betulicola/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 18

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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