Nepticulidae

04.025 Rowan Dot Stigmella nylandriella (Tengström, 1848)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 2.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, heathland and the lower slopes of mountains.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a long, gradually widening gallery mine in a Rowan leaf. The mine usually follows the leaf margin for a long distance. The frass is most frequently dispersed, but is occasionally zig-zagged linear. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.