Family: Nepticulidae 50     *     Stigmella aurella Photographs: Leaf mine on Bramble (Rubus fruticosa) agg. Oct 2010 Wingspan: 6-7mm Flight time: May-June and during the summer Food plants: Bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg), Geum, Fragaria, Agrimonia. Mine: May-June, July-August, October-March Egg on either side of leaf. Long corridor with a broad central line of dispersed frass Similar: Stigmella splendidissimella.

Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. October 2010