Nepticulidae

04.040 White-tipped Dot Stigmella assimilella (Zeller, 1848)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 2.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a densely winding gallery mine in a leaf of Aspen or sometimes White Poplar. The mine becomes greatly widened, almost forming a secondary blotch. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.