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Stigmella filipendulae

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Stigmella filipendulae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. filipendulae
Binomial name
Stigmella filipendulae
= (Wocke, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula filipendulae Wocke, 1871
  • Nepticula ulmariae Wocke, 1879
  • Stigmella ulmariae

Stigmella filipendulae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Alps and the Carpathians, and from Ireland to Poland. There is a disjunct population in Greece.

The wingspan is 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in). The head is ferruginous to dark fuscous. Antennal eyecaps yellow-whitish. The forewings are shining golden-brown, sometimes purplish-tinged; a pale golden-metallic vertical fascia beyond middle; apical area beyond this dark purple-fuscous. Hindwings grey.[1] Adults are on wing from July to August and again in September. There are two generations per year.

Distribution and threat level

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In England, it is found between Leckford and St. Catherine's Hill of Hampshire[2] and is also abundant in North Somerset and southern part of Wiltshire.[3] It is considered endangered in East Sussex and Eastbourne while in West Sussex is considered to be extinct, since there was no recordings of it there since 1905.[4]

Ecology

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The larvae feed on Filipendula vulgaris and Filipendula ulmaria.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  2. ^ "Stigmella filipendulae". Hants Moths. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  3. ^ Brian Pitkin; Willem Ellis; Colin Plant & Rob Edmunds. "Stigmella filipendulae (Wocke, 1871)". UK Fly Mines. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Stigmella filipendulae (Wocke, 1871)". Sussex Moth Group. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "Stigmella filipendulae (Wocke, 1871)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
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