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Stigmella betulicola

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44 records (174+ individuals)

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
06 Aug 2024 Common Lane, Waverton SJ455639 Larval 1 Silver birch egg underside, frass linear top of leaf eating only
09 Nov 2021 Lindow Common SJ8380 Mine 3 3 mines on a single leaf of Birch
28 Jul 2021 Ince Park SJ4576 Mine 1 (Area D) SJ458767
09 Sep 2020 Danes Moss SJ9070 Mine 3 on birch, photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
02 Nov 2018 Brookhouse Moss SJ8061 Mine 4
09 Aug 2018 Thornton-le-Moors SJ4474 Larval 5
18 Oct 2017 Parkgate SJ2778 Mine 1 Parkgate Old Baths SJ273789
12 Jul 2017 Brookhouse Moss SJ8061 Mine 5
07 Jul 2017 Vicars Cross Golf Club SJ4567 Mine 1 mines on Silver birch SJ454673, photo on Cheshire Moth Forum
05 Oct 2016 Danes Moss SJ9070 Mine 1+
12 Aug 2016 Lindow Common SJ8381 Mine 1 on birch
31 Oct 2015 Black Lake, Delamere Forest SJ5370 Mine 1
17 Sep 2015 Danes Moss SJ9070 Mine 12 on two leaves of seedling birch, outside reserve
15 Aug 2015 Delamere Forest SJ5470 Mine 1 SJ549707
05 Oct 2014 Elton SJ4575 Mine 5
21 Sep 2014 Bidston Hill SJ2890 Mine 1+
17 Nov 2013 Poynton SJ9285 Mine 1+ SJ9253785198 Brookside Garden Centre, on sapling Betula growing at edge of pond by the Aquatic Centre, occasional
09 Nov 2013 Lindow Common SJ8381 Mine 5 vacated mines on birch - photographed
24 Oct 2013 Whitegate Way SJ5870 Mine 1+ several mines on seedling birch at base of embankment SJ589709
03 Nov 2012 Wervin SJ4272 Mine 5 Dark spots seen along the gut line
27 Oct 2012 Little Budworth Common SJ5866 Mine 1+ a single leaf containing three mines at SJ581661
24 Oct 2012 Wybunbury Moss SJ6950 Mine 1+ on seedling birch on the moss
01 Sep 2012 Saltersley Moss SJ8280 Mine 1+ aborted mine at SJ82022 80566
01 Sep 2012 Saltersley Moss SJ8180 Mine 1+ at SJ81933 80506
14 Oct 2011 Shemmy Moss SJ5968 Mine 1+
23 Sep 2011 Lindow Common SJ8380 Mine 1+
18 Sep 2011 New Pale, Delamere SJ5272 Mine 1+
11 Sep 2011 Elton SJ4575 Mine 50
22 Aug 2011 Lindow Common SJ8381 Mine 1+
31 Oct 2010 Danes Moss SJ9170 Mine 1+
25 Sep 2010 Thurstaston Common SJ2484 Mine 1+
17 Sep 2010 Runcorn Hill SJ5081 Mine 1+ SJ50688179, Highlands Road, on Silver Birch leaves, local
14 Nov 2009 Stanlow SJ4275 Mine 40
25 Jul 2009 Lindow Common SJ8381 Mine 1+ adult emerged 9.8.09
21 Aug 2002 Hoo Moor Plantation SK0077 Mine 1+
17 Aug 2002 Brookhouse Moss SJ8061 Mine 1+
16 Oct 1999 Flaxmere SJ5572 Larval 1+
16 Oct 1999 Black Lake, Delamere Forest SJ5370 Larval 1+
25 Oct 1998 Danes Moss SJ9070 Larval 5 on seedling Betula
22 Sep 1979 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Larval 1 off birch, grid reference not provided. LCES 101-103:58
1974 Helsby Hill SJ4975 Not recorded 1+ grid reference unknown.
1950 Wilmslow SJ8381 Mine 1 grid reference not provided, ex birch, emerged 5/6/1951
1940 Wybunbury Moss SJ6950 Not recorded 1+
1857 Bowdon SJ7686 Mine 1+ grid reference not provided. Ellis (1890)


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Updated: 19th April 2025