Stigmella tiliae
Stigmella tiliae
Lime Pigmy
Wingspan 4.5 to 6 mm. Similar to many other Stigmella, having plain dark bronzy brown fore-wings, a white collar and eye-caps. The larva mines the leaves of Lime.
Adult 
Leafmine 
Woodland and areas with Lime.
The adult flies from May to August in two generations.
The larvae mine the leaves of Lime (Tilia species), mainly Tilia cordata (Small-leaved Lime), during July and August to October. The larvae are pale yellow with a brownish head.
Found locally through England and Wales (Mainly from East Wales to East Anglia). In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.
Increasingly well recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland in recent years, particularly from the leafmines on Lime
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Market Bosworth CP
30 September 2019
leaf mine on lime
Graham Calow
Burbage Common near Visitor Centre
05 November 2021
leafmine on Lime
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Land behind William Spencer Avenue
25 October 2021
leafmine on Lime
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Breedon on the Hill
20 September 2021
Peter Smith
Leicester, Abbey Park
07 October 2022
Backlit
Graham Calow
Frolesworth St Nicholas Churchyard
07 October 2021
leafmines on Lime
Graham Calow
Great Bowden, field off A6
30 October 2025
leafmine on Lime
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