Family: Nepticulidae 67     *     Stigmella plagicolella Leaf mine photographs on Prunus. UK September 2011 Wingspan: 4-5mm Flight time: Two generations, May-June and August Food plant: Prunus spp., mainly Blackthorn (P. spinosa) Mine: July and September-October Egg laid underside. A slender corridor with a central line of uninterupted frass widens abruptly into a blotch with difused frass in the centre. The mine rarely crosses the midrib.

Stigmella plagicolella
Leaf mine on Prunus. UK. September 2011