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Leaf-miner: A long twisting gallery, often doubling back (British leafminers).

Mine of Stigmella ulmariae on Filipendula ulmariae Image: © David Manning (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).

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 genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group (check for update).

Hosts in Great Britain & Ireland:

Rosaceae
Filipendula	ulmaria	Meadowsweet		British leafminers
Filipendula	ulmaria	Meadowsweet		Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere: Currently unknown.

Time of year - larvae: June-July; September-October (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Glamorgan, Huntingdonshire, North Essex, North Hampshire and Stafford (NBN Atlas, = Stigmella filipendulae).

See also British leafminers distribution map.

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). See also Ireland's NBDC interactive map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, ? Norwegian mainland, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden and The Netherlands (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution maps of known host species in Britain and elsewhere:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: