Nepticulidae

04.008 White-barred Alder Dot Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton, 1858)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 2.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, marshes, fens and river-banks.

Habits:

Foodplant: A full depth, slender gallery mine which starts by a vein of an Alder leaf. The frass may be dispersed or linear. There are sometimes several mines to a leaf. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.