Nepticulidae ABH 4.034 B&F 77   *   Stigmella tityrella Leaf mine photographs on Beech, Fagus sylvatica. Sept 2011 Wingspan: 5-6mm Season: April-May and July-August Food plant: Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Mine: June-July and August-October Egg underside, usually by midrib. Broad corridor without coiled frass zig-zags between two veins in the direction of the leaf margin. Similar: S. hemargyrella. Egg near margin, frass coiled in centre section

Stigmella tityrella
Leaf mine on Beech, Fagus sylvatica. Dorset. September 2011