Species Details

ABH: 4.054

BF: 79

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella perpygmaeella

=Stigmella pygmaeella

Authority: (Doubleday, 1859)

Vernacular: Least Hawthorn Dot

Account: Common in hedgerows, scrub and woodland edges throughout England and Wales. Reasonably common and widely distributed across Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 4-5 mm. Adults of this species and S. incognitella are difficult to distinguish except by dissection of the genitalia; however, S. incognitella tends to be slightly larger, the forewing is darker and more obviously glossed with purple, the cilia are darker at the tips, and the hindwing is slightly darker, especially in the male. Larva mines leaves of Hawthorn, over-wintering as a pupa.

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 — 5 mm

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-perpygmaeella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 71

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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