Nepticulidae

04.034 Small Beech Dot Stigmella tityrella (Stainton, 1854)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 2.5 to 3mm

Habitats: Wherever Beech is present.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a sinuous gallery between veins or near a leaf margin of Beech. The dark frass is broad and linear throughout the mine. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.