Nepticulidae

04.079 Oak-bark Dot Zimmermannia atrifrontella (Stainton, 1851)

Unknown

Similar species: Zimmermannia longicaudella

Forewing: 3.5 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, woodland rides and margins.

Habits: It can be recorded by beating the foodplant.

Foodplant: The larva forms a contorted gallery mine in the smooth young bark of branches and thin trunks of oaks growing in sunshine. Full fed larvae have been recorded in May and June.