Stigmella filipendulae (Wocke, 1871)

dropwort pigmy

on Filipendula

Stigmella filipendulae: mine on Filipendula ulmaria

Filipendula ulmaria, Sweden, Motala, Södra Freberga-Jerusalemsviken, 29.vii.2020 © Torbjörn Blixt: vacated mine

mine

Egg at the upper side of the leaf, generally on a vein or the margin. The mine is a gradually widening corridor. The first, narrow, part often closely follows the leaf margin. Frass in central, interrupted line, gradually widening from a very narrow beginning.

host plants

Rosaceae, narrowly monophagous

Filipendula ulmaria, vulgaris.

phenology

Bivoltine; larvae in July and late-August – October (Emmet, 1983a).

BENELUX

BE not recorded (Wullaert, 2018a).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Fennoscandia to the Alps and Carpathians, and from Ireland to Poland; disjunct also in Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Bright amber yellow (Emmer, 1983a); see Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a) for a detailed description.

synonyms

Stigmella ulmariae Wocke (1979). Molecular studies show that there are no separate populations on Filipendula ulmariae and F. vulgaris (van Nieukerken, 2009, in Fauna Europaea).

references

Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Buhr (1937a), Buszko (1987a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Emmet (1970d, 1971a, 1983a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1986a, 1988a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (1997a, 1998a), Maček (1999a), van Nieukerken (1986a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Segerer (2001a), Skala (1939a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Wullaert (2018a).