Species Details

ABH: 4.052

BF: 57

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella filipendulae

=Stigmella ulmariae

Authority: (Wocke, 1871)

Vernacular: Dropwort Dot

Account: Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on chalk downland in south-eastern England Adults difficult to distinguish from other Stigmella species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Dropwort, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 3.5 — 4.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Filipendula vulgaris (Dropwort).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: pRDB3

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/stigmella-filipendulae/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2008

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