Status
Morley’s Final Catalogue: Not listed.
Recent Status: A very rare species nationally and in Suffolk.
Life Style: A single brooded species flying during April and May. The larvae mine leaves of Crataegus.
Identification: The moth is bronze brown with a purple sheen at the tip. The head tuft is orange, the collar pale ochre and the scape white. The moth can be identified by breeding out from a mine or by genitalia dissection. http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/s/stigmella_genitalia.html
The larva creates a blotch in a lobe from the ovum on the underside of that lobe tip. Frass in collected centrally. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Stigmella_ParadoxaVerification Grade Comment: Egg position essential  | Determination by Genitalia Examination Required | |
| Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required | |
Recorded in 2 (3%) of 58 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1981.
Last Recorded in 1994. |