website logo Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Nepticulidae   Checklist Number: 4.0101

Stigmella microtheriella (Stainton, 1854)

Nut-tree Dot

Regularly recorded at North Loch Eynort where feeding signs on hazel (Corylus avellana) leaves can be found in the autumn. The flight period nationally is May and again in August but possibly only one brood in the Outer Hebrides. A scarce species in Scotland but probably overlooked.

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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