Nepticulidae

04.039 Three-spot Dot Stigmella trimaculella (Haworth, 1828)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 2.5 to 3mm

Habitats: Wherever Black Poplar or its hybrids are found.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a straight and narrow gallery mine often following a vein on the underside of a leaf of Black Poplar (including its forms and hybrids). The mine later widens considerably resembling a blotch. The frass may be linear or dispersed. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.