Family: Nepticulidae 103     *     Stigmella nylandriella Photographs: Leaf mine on Rowan (Sorbus acuparia). August 2011 Wingspan: 4-5mm Flight time: May-June Food plant: Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) Mine: July-August A long corridor that often follows the leaf margin with initially broad, central frass that later becomes coiled. Occasionally the frass remains linear, resembling mines of S. magdalenae.

Stigmella nylandriella
Leaf mine on Rowan, Sorbus acuparia. Glengarriff, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. August 2011