Species Details

ABH: 4.062

BF: 88

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella samiatella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Chestnut Dot

Account: Local in woodland and gardens; the stronghold of the species nationally is in Hampshire, with records from south-east England and East Anglia and only scattered occurrences in the Midlands. The first county record, at Wickham in 1986, was originally thought to be S. atricapitella until bred through; turned up on the Isle of Wight in 1997 and in north Hampshire at Yateley in 2000. Wingspan 5-7 mm. Imago closely resembles S. atricapitella, but frons generally yellow in samiatella. Larva mines leaves of Sweet Chestnut and Oak, over-wintering as a pupa. Mines on Oak are difficult to separate from those of S. svenssoni without breeding through. The mines are described in the following link:
leafmines.co.uk
.

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: 5 — 7 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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-samiatella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 67

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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