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