Nepticulidae

04.009 Silver-barred Alder Dot Stigmella alnetella (Stainton, 1856)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 2.5mm

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

Habits:

Foodplant: A full depth, slender gallery mine in an Alder leaf. The mine often follows a vein or the leaf margin for some distance. The frass is linear and there is usually a single mine per leaf. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.