Nepticulidae

04.018 Barred Elm Dot Stigmella ulmivora (Fologne, 1860)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 2.5mm

Habitats: Wherever elms grow.

Habits:

Foodplant: A slender gallery mine in an elm leaf. The frass is at first linear, but later it is linear or dispersed. The exit hole is on the underside. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.