Lep:Nepticulidae
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4.049 Stigmella aeneofasciella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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two mines merged

 

Food Plant: Agrimonia (Agrimony), Fragaria (Strawberry), Potentilla (Cinquefoil)   

Egg: Underside of leaf

Mine: July, September - November

Notes: A slender gallery, leading to blotch. Larva is a pale watery greenish yellowish (whereas S.poterii is yellow). Mines on Agrimonia; two mines began as separate galleries, but their blotches fused.

Data: 18.x.2022, Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire, VC28

Image:© Will Langdon

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