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Stigmella tityrella

Family: Nepticulidae

77     *     Stigmella tityrella

Leaf mine photographs on Beech, Fagus sylvatica. Sept 2011

Wingspan: 5-6mm
Flight time: April-May and July-August

Food plant: Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Mine: June-July and August-October
Egg underside by midrib. A broad corridor (without coiled frass) zig-zags between two veins in the direction of the leaf margin.

Similar: S. hemargyrella. Egg near margin, frass coiled in centre section


Stigmella tityrella


Stigmella tityrella


Stigmella tityrella

Stigmella tityrella
Leaf mine on Beech, Fagus sylvatica. UK. September 2011

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