Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
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National Status: Local Local Status: Rare and very local resident. Local Record: Grade 4 adult, 3 leaf-mine See here for explanation Flight time: Forewing: 2mm. Foodplant: Elm sp. |
Regional breakdown:
| VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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| Year first recorded | 2010 | 2009 | 1883 |
| Year last recorded | 2014 | 2009 | 1883 |
| Number of records | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Number of individuals | 115 | 1 | 0 |
| Unique positions | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Unique locations | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Adult records | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Immature records | 14 | 1 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 16 records from 12 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Most records are of leaf-mines.
Argus 58, 2009: This is only the second county record, the last from VC65 prior to 1886.
VC64. Baildon, mine on elm 25.9.2009 (DP). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
Argus 60, 2010: Only the second recent county occurrence, following a record from VC64 in 2009.
VC63. Levels Lane plantation, mine on elm 6.11.2010 (SRS). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
2013 (CHF): A rare species in the county and by far the rarest of the three elm-feeding Stigmella species. The mine is distinctive and rather compact. It starts as a strongly contorted gallery which zigzags backwards and forwards in "intestine-like" loops. This is unlike the early mine of Stigmella lemniscella which can be in concentric circles. The frass is reddish-brown and coiled in the central section, occupying the full width of the corridor. There may be more than one mine in a leaf.
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