Nepticulidae

04.004 Lime Dot Stigmella tiliae (Frey, 1856)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 3mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva lives in a gradually widening, contorted gallery mine which starts on the underside of a leaf of Small-leaved Lime or sometimes Common Lime. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter or sometimes on a leaf.