Species Details

ABH: 4.030

BF: 99

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella hybnerella

=Stigmella ignobilella

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Shining Hawthorn Dot

Account: Common throughout much of the British Isles. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight widespread and common. The adult has a wingspan of 4.5-5.5 mm, with red- and black-headed forms co-exist, which were previously considered to be two distinct species. However, as adults are difficult to distinguish from other Stigmella species, it is best recorded in the larval stage, when mines can be found in the leaves of Hawthorn; occupied mines can be common in May and June and again between August and September. The mines are described in the following link:
leafmines.co.uk
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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:

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 77

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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