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Leaf-miner: The first part of the mine is almost filled with frass and tends to follow the leaf margin. It then broadens into a blotch, which can fill the space between the the midrib and leaf edge (British leafminers).

Egg at the uppserside of the leaf, generally on a vein or the margin. The mine is a gradually widening corridor. The first, narrow, part closely follows the leaf margin. Frass in central, interrupted line, gradually widening from a very narrow beginning (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Mines of Stigmella filipendulae on Filipendula vulgaris Image: © Ian Thirlwell (British leafminers)

Larva: The larvae of moths have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles (see video of a gracillarid larva feeding), six thoracic legs and abdominal legs (see examples).

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

Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).

Adult: The adult is not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Rosaceae
Filipendula	vulgaris	Dropwort		British leafminers
Filipendula	vulgaris	Dropwort		Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae
Filipendula	ulmaria	Meadowsweet		Belgian Lepidoptera
Filipendula	ulmaria	Meadowsweet		Bladmineerders van Europa
Filipendula	vulgaris	Dropwort		Belgian Lepidoptera
Filipendula	vulgaris	Dropwort		Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: July, late August - October (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including North Hampshire, North Somerset and South Wiltshire (NBN Atlas).

See also British leafminers distribution map.

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: