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Stigmella assimilella (Zeller, 1848) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] Nepticula assimilella Zeller, 1848. Linn. Ent. 3: 327. Stigmella assimilella (Zeller, 1848)

Leaf-mine: The initial gallery has clear margins, with broken linear frass. The later mine is a blotch formed by many turns (British leafminers). Larva: The golden yellow larva is illustrated in Nederlandse blamineerders (British leafminers). Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Salicaceae       Populus alba White Poplar British leafminers Populus alba White Poplar Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Populus tremula Aspen British leafminers Populus tremula Aspen Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Salicaceae       Populus alba White Poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders Populus canescens   Nederlandse bladmineerders Populus tremula Aspen Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: August - October (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Cambridge, East Kent, East Sutherland, Edinburgh, Hereford, Linlithgow, Middlesex, South Aberdeen, South Hants, South Wilts, Stirling and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - GiGL, HBRG, JNCC, NE, NESBRC and SNH). See also British leafminers distribution map. Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central and East, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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