Family: Nepticulidae 92     *     Rose Leaf Miner     *     Stigmella anomalella Photographs: Leaf mine on Dog-rose (Rosa canina agg.) July 2011 Wingspan: 5-6mm Flight time: Two generations, May and August Food plant: Rose (Rosa spp.) Mine: July and October-December Egg underside, near vein. The mine forms a long corridor, the first section completely filled with greenish frass. Later the frass leaves clear margins and is sometimes coiled. Similar: S. centifoliella. First section with clear margins

Rose Leaf Miner, Stigmella anomalella
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. July 2011