Family: Nepticulidae ABH 4.006 B&F 113     *     Stigmella sakhalinella Leaf mine photographs on Birch, Betula. UK September 2011 Wingspan: 4-5mm Flight time: Two generations, May and July-August Food plant: Birch (Betula spp.) Mine: July - October Egg underside, near margin or leaf tip. A slender corridor with irregularly scalloped sides, the coils of blackish-brown frass always leaving narrow, clear edges. Similar: Stigmella continuella

Stigmella sakhalinella
Leaf mine on Birch, Betula. UK. September 2011