Nepticulidae

04.052 Dropwort Dot Stigmella filipendulae (Wocke, 1871)

pRDB3

Similar species:

Forewing: 1.5 to 2mm

Habitats: Chalk downland, wetland.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a long, slowly winding gallery mine following the margin of a leaf of Dropwort or Meadowsweet. The mine continues along a vein before forming an irregular mine. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.