15.015 Aspilapteryx tringipennella Copyright Martin Evans
15.015 Aspilapteryx tringipennella upperside leaf fold Copyright Martin Evans
15.015 Aspilapteryx tringipennella unfolded leaf Copyright Martin Evans
15.015 Aspilapteryx tringipennella larva 6.5mm Copyright Martin Evans
Distribution map Copyright Martin Evans
Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans 15.015 Aspilapteryx tringipennella Copyright Martin Evans

Gracillariidae

15.015 Ribwort Stilt Aspilapteryx tringipennella (Zeller, 1839)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 6.5mm

Habitats: Downland, pasture, wasteland and wherever the foodplant is present.

Habits: The moth occasionally comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva forms a winding bladdery gallery mine on the lower side of a Ribwort Plantain leaf. This later becomes a large silvery blotch on the upperside, over which the leaf folds due to the mine down the centre. The larva may move to another leaf. It pupates in a cocoon in the mine.