Nepticulidae

04.007 Short-barred Dot Stigmella luteella (Stainton, 1857)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 2.5mm

Habitats: Wherever birch grows.

Habits:

Foodplant: A slender gallery mine in a birch leaf which starts on the underside. It consists of some close loops around the oviposition site and later becomes much less contorted. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.