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Stigmella catharticella
Buckthorn Dot (Stainton, 1853)
Nepticulidae: Nepticulinae
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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: 5-6mm.
Flight: Two Generations. May-Jun. Jul-Sep.
Foodplant:   Buckthorn.
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4  Mine: A
Status
Local.
Found mainly in areas of the Brecks where foodplant occurs.
Forewing brown with small whitish spot at the tornus.

Leaf-mine: June-July. Sept-Oct.
Long straight slender gallery, turning into a series of 'S' turns. Frass and larva match colour of leaf and tenanted mines can be hard to find.

Verification Grade Comment: Adults must be reared and/or Gen. Det. to confirm.

Determination by Genitalia Examination Required

Recorded in 19 (26%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
05/11/2023+28TL79Cranwich
02/11/2023228TF70Foulden Common
15/10/2023228TL79Cranwich
15/10/2023428TL98East Harling
16/09/2023+28TF71West Acre
24/08/2023128TL78Weeting Heath
21/07/20231428TL79Cranwich
18/07/2023428TL98East Wretham Heath
15/07/2023628TL79Cranwich
11/07/2023228TL99Little Ellingham
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