Sussex Moth Group: Stigmella continuella

Stigmella continuella (Stainton, 1856)

Silver-barred Birch Dot
(Double-barred Pigmy)
4.0440 (B&F: 64)

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

Number of records: 10
Recorded in: 9 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 19 xi 2023

Identification
difficulty

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

A resident species. Larvae usually occur sparingly in a few deciduous woods in both vice-counties, but perhaps seriously under recorded. Single brooded, flying mainly during May and June in Sussex, although a second brood in August occurs elsewhere. Larvae feed on birch. (Pratt, 2011)

vacated mines on birch
Kent, 13 x 2012
Photo: Tony Davis

Distribution at 1km scale

Phenology (adult)

Phenology (larval)