04.009 Silver-barred Alder Dot Stigmella alnetella

04.009 (BF115)

Silver-barred Alder Dot Silver-barred Alder Pigmy

Stigmella alnetella

Resident. Rare.

Life cycle

Mines: July, September-October. Adults fly in August.

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa, Italian Alder Alnus cordata.

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was of leaf-mines on alder found at Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire, on 24th September 2013.

1 record(s) from 1 hectad(s) in D&G

	VC74	VC73	VC72
Last recorded	2013

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