Family: Nepticulidae 75     *     Stigmella floslactella Photographs: Leaf mine on Hazel (Corylus advenella). July 2011 Wingspan: 6mm Flight time: Two generations, May and August Food plants: Hazel (Corylus) and Hornbeam (Carpinus) Mine: June-July and September-October Egg underside of leaf in leaf axil. Initially a slender corridor, the first third almost filled by frass, then widening, the frass leaving clear margins. Similar: Stigmella microtheriella

Stigmella floslactella
Leaf mine on Hazel (Corylus). Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. July 2011