Nepticulidae

04.013 Apple Dot Stigmella malella (Stainton, 1854)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 2.5mm

Habitats: Orchards, woodland, gardens or wherever apple trees are present.

Habits:

Foodplant: A gallery mine with uneven deposits of linear frass in an Apple leaf. The mine widens in varying amounts and occasionally widens into a secondary blotch. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.