Stigmella splendidissimella

Wingspan 4.5 to 6 mm.

Adult Leafmine (but refer leafmine records before recording)

Leafmine occurs on a number of plnts including Bramble, Wild Strawberry, Agrimony and various Geum species. http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Lepidoptera/S.splendidissimella.htm

Areas where the larval foodplants are present.

May to July.

Larva mines leaves of Bramble and Dewberry.

In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = C (very scarce resident or rare migrant).