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NEPTICULIDAE | Nepticulinae | Nepticulini
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04.018 Stigmella ulmivora (Barred Elm Dot)
ws: ♂4.8-5.4mm, ♀4.8-4.9mm (N.info); elm (Ulmus spp); bivoltine Jun, Aug; mine (Jul?), Sep; England and S.Wales
Stigmella ulmivora §1 male
ID: Forewing with a pale fascia and no additional pale spots; head black, collar dark; terminal cilia ~concolorous with forewing apex; antenna pale-tipped > S.ulmivora
Forewing proximal to fascia shining coppery; fascia postmedian, shining silvery, usually narrowed or obsolete at costa; distal to fascia dark purple-fuscous. Hindwing of ♂ with dorsal and costal androconial scales. Antenna short ♂slightly <½ ♀ sitinctly <½ forewing length.
Forewing proximal to fascia shining coppery; fascia postmedian, shining silvery, usually narrowed or obsolete at costa; distal to fascia dark purple-fuscous. Hindwing of ♂ with dorsal and costal androconial scales. Antenna short ♂slightly <½ ♀ sitinctly <½ forewing length.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 27/08/2020; male; fw 2.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 13/02/2021 (§1)
