Family: Nepticulidae 115     *     Stigmella alnetella Needs breeding through to confirm Photographs: Leaf mine on Italian Alder (Alnus cordata). August 2011 Wingspan: 4-5mm Food plant: Italian Alder (Alnus cordata) and Common Alder (A.glutinosa) Mine: July and September-October Egg on underside. Narrow gallery with frass in thin, central line, never coiled. Larva pale yellow with pale brown head. Similar: 114 Stigmella glutinosae. Mines need breeding through

Stigmella alnetella
Leaf mine on Italian Alder, Alnus cordata. Aughinish, Co. Limerick, W Ireland. August 2011