Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Very rare and very local resident. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Forewing: 3mm. Foodplant: Oak. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC63 | |
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Year first recorded | 1994 | 2001 |
Year last recorded | 2013 | 2012 |
Number of records | 2 | 2 |
Number of individuals | 2 | 1 |
Unique positions | 2 | 2 |
Unique locations | 2 | 2 |
Adult records | 1 | 0 |
Immature records | 1 | 2 |
For the county, we have a total of 4 records from 4 sites. First recorded in 1994.
Photos
Species Account
Beaumont, 2002:
VC61. South Cave, 7.7.1994, gen. det. HEB (DBC). NEW COUNTY RECORD.
2013 (CHF): Identifying the oak-feeding Stigmella species (with the exception of basiguttella is fraught with danger and records are not acceptable without breeding out the adult moth. This is a rare species in the county with few records though it might be commoner than the dots on the map suggests. The egg can be laid on either side of the leaf. The mine is a long, slender, not very contorted corridor. In the first part the frass lies in a very narrow line; later the frass may in rare cases lie more widely scattered, but nowhere does it take more than 1/3 of the width of the gallery.
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