Nepticulidae

04.046 Gold-edged Dot Stigmella auromarginella Richardson, 1890

pRDB2

Similar species:

Forewing: 2.5 to 3mm

Habitats: Woodland margins, hedgerows and downland.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a gallery mine in a Bramble or Stone Bramble leaf. The mine has an unusually short corridor which is much shorter than a Stigmella aurella gallery. The mine has reddish edges and a broad frass line. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.