Stigmella poterii

    Downland Pigmy

    NepticulidaeABH 4.051 B&F 59

    A leaf-miner of various low-growing Rosaceae - Tormentil Potentilla erecta, Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor and others.  The moth is only known from records made in 1984 at both Shapwick Heath and Langford Heathfield, all referring to f. serella which feeds on Tormentil.  It may well still be present, at these sites or elsewhere.

    Mine Verification Grade: L