Nepticulidae

04.029 Scarce Apple Dot Stigmella desperatella (Frey, 1856)

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Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 2.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland.

Habits:

Foodplant: A narrow gallery mine with linear frass in a leaf of Crab Apple. The mine follows a vein or leaf margin, then becomes much wider and contorted, often forming a secondary blotch. There may be several mines in a leaf.