Nepticulidae

04.059 Orange-headed Dot Stigmella svenssoni (Johansson, 1971)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 3 to 3.5mm

Habitats: Woodland.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a very long, broadening gallery mine moving away from a vein then across a leaf of oak. The frass at the beginning of the mine is at first linear, but as the mine widens it becomes dispersed. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.