Sussex Moth Group: Stigmella confusella

Stigmella confusella (Wood, 1894)

Pale Birch Dot
(Pale Birch Pigmy)
4.0030 (B&F: 117)

»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Nepticuloidea
    »Family: Nepticulidae
      »Subfamily: Nepticulinae
        »Tribe: Nepticulini

Number of records: 20
Recorded in: 16 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 04 x 2016

Identification
difficulty

: 3Adult: Dissection likely to be required
Mine: Leaf or good photograph required

A resident species. Both larvae and adults usually occur singly, occasionally sparingly in deciduous woods in both vice-counties. Widespread and increasing, but perhaps seriously under-recorded. Single-brooded, flying mainly during May although this has yet to be confirmed in Sussex. Larvae feed on silver birch. (Pratt, 2011)

Distribution at 1km scale

Phenology (adult)

Phenology (larval)