Species Details

ABH: 4.017

BF: 93

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella centifoliella

Authority: (Zeller, 1848)

Vernacular: Narrow-barred Dot

Account: Local throughout much of south-eastern England, north-western England and northern Wales. Adults difficult to distinguish from other Stigmella species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Cultivated Rose and Wild Rose, over-wintering as a pupa. Mine very similar to that of Rose Leaf Miner S. anomalella.

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: 4 — 6 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Rosa sp. (a Rose).

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-centifoliella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2013

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