Family: Nepticulidae 81     *     Stigmella hemargyrella Photographs: Leaf mine on Beech (Fagus sylvatica). August 2011 Wingspan: 5-6mm Flight time: April-May and July-August Food plant: Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Mine: June and August-September Egg usually upperside, near margin. The mine is a wide corridor usually running from the margin toward the midrib with distinctly coiled frass in the central section. Similar: Stigmella tityrella. Egg near midrib, frass never coiled.

Stigmella hemargyrella
Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick, W Ireland. August 2011