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.
Adult 
Leafmine 
Leafmine occurs on Lime. http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Lepidoptera/S.tiliae.htm
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
Graham Calow
Donkey Lane, Sapcote
11 October 2018
leafmine on Lime
sue
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
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Species profile
- Common names
- Lime Pigmy
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Nepticulidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 26
- First record:
- 11/10/2018 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 12/07/2023 (Calow, Graham)
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Thornton churchyard
26 November 2018
leafmine on Lime
Graham Calow
Croft, Footpath off Station Road
13 September 2021
leafmine on Lime
sue
Glenfield, Stelle Way
04 July 2019
Graham Calow
Croft, Footpath off Station Road
13 September 2021
leafmines on Lime
Graham Calow
Sharnford, B4114 Leicester Road
16 September 2021
leafmine on Lime
Graham Calow
Croft, Footpath off Station Road
13 September 2021
leafmine on Lime
sue
Shenton, roadside trees opposite church
28 October 2019
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Sibson churchyard
28 October 2019
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Shepshed - Hathern Rd
01 November 2020
Graham Calow
Croft, Footpath off Station Road
13 September 2021
leafmine on Lime
sue
Staunton Harold, Ferrers Centre
29 July 2019
Graham Calow
Frolesworth St Nicholas Churchyard
07 October 2021
leafmines on Lime
Graham Calow
Frolesworth St Nicholas Churchyard
07 October 2021
leafmines on Lime
Graham Calow
Sharnford, B4114 Leicester Road
16 September 2021
leafmine 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
sue
Tonge, Diseworth to Top Merrill Rd
03 October 2021
